Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

520–500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, the largest fragment depicts the elbow and bent leg of a figure to right; a woman wearing a sakkos, chiton and himation, with her left arm bent and hand in front of her chest, and her right arm extended in front of her; wings, hindquarters and tail of a winged horse to right; a second rim fragment has part of the rail of a chariot?; in the field, drapery; wings and hindquarters of a winged horse to right; a third rim fragment depicts the head, neck, and part of a left wing of a winged horse to left; a fourth rim fragment has part of the wing of a horse; a fifth rim fragment depicts the face, neck, and upper torso of a woman to right, wearing a chiton and himation, with her left arm protruding from her garment; a sixth fragment depicts part of the hind legs and belly and two feathers from the wing of winged horse to right; a seventh fragment depicts the lower drapery of a figure; an eighth fragment, depicts part of a wing and the left half of the handle; three small fragments depict parts of wings

Artist

Unknown

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