Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Makron

500–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, head and upper body of a wreathed youth with his himation draped over his left shoulder, around his lower body, and over his left arm, holding a kylix in each hand; a second rim fragment depicts a left forearm and hand of a figure to right and a wreathed, bearded man, playing the barbiton; a third rim fragment depicts part of the head, neck, right shoulder, and upper back of a wreathed, bearded man to right, with his himation draped over his left shoulder

Artist

Makron

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