Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, reclining, filleted youth, resting against a cushion, wearing a himation draped around his bent left arm and upper torso; in the field part of a flute case with the glottokomeion; reclining, filleted youth, with a staff, resting against a cushion, with a himation draped around his left shoulder, and lower body, and his right hand resting on top of his right knee; above, hanging on the wall, a basket and a kylix; left hand of handle and part of handle patch; a second fragment depicts a bit of the himation of a draped reclining youth resting against a cushion, a second reclining, draped youth, rests against a cushion and plays kottabos with his right hand; and a third reclining, filleted youth, rests against a cushion, with a himation draped around his bent left arm and lower body, and holds a skyphos in his left hand; a third fragment depicts a bit of the himation of a male reclining against a cushion, and the upper torso and left hand of a second draped male reclining against a cushion

Artist

Unknown

Date

490–470 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