Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Colmar Painter

490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, draped male with right arm extended, holding a phiale over an altar; part of an inscription, H[O PA]IS [K]ALO[S]; Exterior, on the largest fragment; bit of thigh, calf, and foot of male to left; part of round shield? and knee and calf of warrior; lower back, buttocks, and legs of male to left; round shield, and left calf and foot of warrior to left; a second fragment depicts the buttocks and right leg and foot of a male to left and a bit of the left thigh and right leg and foot of a male to right; handle root; one rim fragment has the hand, neck, left shoulder and round shield of a helmeted warrior to left; a second rim fragment has part of a round shield; part of foot

Artist

Colmar Painter

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