Terracotta kylix: Cassel cup (drinking cup)

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3rd quarter of 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, four bands of ornament The Cassel cup is one of the secondary types of drinking cup developed in Athens just after the middle of the sixth century B.C. It is characterized by its small size and exterior decoration consisting entirely of friezes of ornament—in this case, tongues, ivy, laurel, and rays.

Artist

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Date

3rd quarter of 6th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

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