Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

480–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, at the bottom left, a block seat; head, right hand, holding kantharos, and bit of lower drapery of Dionysos; Exterior, sleeping woman, wearing a chiton, resting against a rock, with her right hand on her head; behind her, an approaching satyr; genitals and legs of Herakles with a lion skin; toes of a second figure?

Artist

Unknown

Date

480–470 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