Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, filleted youth with extended arm and part of upper torso and bent arm of a second youth; in between them, a basin resting on top of a column; on the basin, KALOS; above, in the field, strigil and sponge; Exterior, filleted, bearded male wearing a himation, with shod feet, holding a wand; filleted athlete holding a diskos in his left hand and unidentified object in his right hand; bearded male wearing a himation, holding a wand in his right hand; at the far right, an altar?

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