Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, head, neck, and part of upper torso of a filleted youth with a himation draped over his left shoulder and bent left arm; filleted youth with himation draped around left shoulder, bent left arm and lower body, with his right hand in the center of his chest; five letters of an inscription; Obverse, in field, strap of aryballos and strigil; wreathed youth with shod feet, with right hand on hip, leaning on a stick, with himation draped over his left shoulder, bent left arm, and wrapped around his waist and lower body; in field, aryballos and strigil; wreathed youth wearing a himation; wreathed youth with shod feet, with his right hand on hip and his back seen in three-quarter view, leaning on a stick, with his himation draped across his back, around his bent left arm, and his lower body; lower legs of a draped male; Reverse, bent left arm seen under the himation of a draped male to left; in between obverse and reverse, five circumscribed palmettes and part of handle patch

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