Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, part of head, neck, and upper torso of a youth, reclining on a kline, with lower body draped in a himation, and his bent left arm resting against a cushion, with his hand holding a kylix; Obverse, head, neck, and upper back of an aulos player, resting against cushions and the calves of the reclining draped youth behind him, who is playing kottabos; Reverse, youth to right, holding a trefoil oinochoe in his right hand; legs of a reclining male with a himation draped around his lower body

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