Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Makron

500–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, head and arms of a wreathed aulos player; wreathed, bearded man wearing a himation, with a staff; Exterior, (of larger fragment) drapery and foot of male to right; handle with handle patch preserved to rim; below, a circumscribed palmette and tendrils; draped male holding a lotus in his right hand, with a knobby stick underneath his bent left arm; lower body and feet of a draped male to right; Exterior of smaller fragment, feet of a figure to left; part of a circumscribed palmette; stick and lower drapery of a male to right

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