Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Oedipus Painter

500–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, left hand holding an unidentified object and calf and foot of a male to right; on the ground, a rock?; Obverse, satyr to left, pouring wine from a trefoil oinochoe into the kantharos of Dionysos, who is seated, and holding a thrysos in his left hand; satyr to left with his right arm extended in front of him and his left arm bent, with his hand holding a drinking horn; satyr with a frontal face, and his torso in three-quarter view, holding a tambourine in his left hand; part of a circumscribed palmette; Reverse, calf of a satyr?; calves and tail of a satyr to left; handle palmettes and tendrils below the complete handle; part of the handle patch preserved

Artist

Oedipus Painter

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