Fragments of a terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Euthymides

ca. 515 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, gods in Olympos Though fragmentary, the cup is exceedingly significant. It is signed by Euthymides as both painter and potter. None of the figural decoration of the interior is preserved, but the surviving pieces show that it was covered with a coral red slip. The subject of the exterior may have been the birth of Athena. The other fragments belonging to the cup are 1982.386 and L.1983.49, lent by the Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie.

Artist

Euthymides

Date

ca. 515 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1977