Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

second quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, left ankle and foot; Obverse, two dancing satyrs flanking a maenad wearing a chiton, whose arms are extended with her right hand holding a thrysos; Reverse, maenad wearing a chiton and himation, holding a thrysos in her left hand; ithyphallic satyr with arms extended; handle with handle patch preserved to rim, below, a circumscribed palmette

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the 5th century 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