Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Ambrosios Painter

520–500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) — Ambrosios Painter

Interior, warrior wearing a helmet and chitoniskos, holding a round shield (with a hare as a shield device) in his left hand, leading a reined horse with his right hand; part of head, neck, chest, and left foreleg of horse preserved; above the horse's eye, part of an inscription, an A

Artist
Ambrosios Painter
Date
520–500 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

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