Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, wreathed satyr to left mounting a stepped structure (altar?); on the structure, MOLS?; in the tondo, seven letters of an inscription; Obverse, handle palmette; youth with his himation draped over his head and around his body, with shod feet, leaning on a stick; lower drapery and legs of a male to left; drapery and legs of a male to left with shod feet, and a knobby stick; part of a handle palmette; Reverse, youth with his himation draped over his head and around his body, with shod feet, leaning on a stick; lower drapery and legs of a male to left; drapery and legs of a male to left with shod feet, and a knobby stick

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