Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, meander; Exterior, filleted youth to left, holding a pick in his right hand, with his left arm extended behind him; javelin or stick; filleted youth, bending to right, wearing a himation draped around his upper left arm, back, and lower body, and bunched up in his right hand, leaning on a knobby stick, with his left arm extended toward the ground; javelin or stick; in the field, a strigil and aryballos; part of the head, upper torso, and right buttock of a youth, with his right arm extended behind him, holding a stylus? in his right hand; part of an inscription, LOLS; LOIE?

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