Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, extended arm, calves, and feet, with left leg raised, of capering male, with a himation; one letter of an inscription, H; Obverse, capering youth with arms extended and right leg raised; part of upper torso, right arm, right buttock, and right leg of male holding his himation in his right hand; on the ground, a skyphos; left calf and foot and right knee of male to left; left foot of another figure; part of an inscription, H[O] PA[IS KALOS]; Reverse, hand holding a skyphos; head, upper torso, in three-quarter view, and legs of a filleted youth with his left hand on his head, and his right arm extended behind him; complete handle with handle patch

Artist

Unknown

Date

490–480 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