Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

500–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, on exergue, bearded male wearing a himation, with a staff resting in the fold of his left arm, with his left hand holding a flower, facing a filleted youth wearing a himation, whose right arm is raised, and whose left hand holds a lyre; behind the bearded male on the left, in the field, a sponge?; part of an inscription, [K]ALOS; Obverse, handle palmettes and tendrils; lower bodies of two draped males to right, wearing himatia; part of a draped male wearing a himation, with a stick; feet and bit of himation of male to left; handle palmette and tendrils; Reverse, right buttock and leg and left foot of a draped male to right; left buttock and leg and right foot of a male with a himation; feet of a male to right; lower drapery and feet of two males to left; a rim fragment that belongs, but does not join, depicts, on the left, drapery; on the right, head, neck, shoulders, and part of upper torso of a filleted youth with his bent right arm raised, wearing a himation; part of an inscription, HO P[AIS KALOS]

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–480 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