Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Briseis Painter

490–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, on exergue, figure seated on a chair with a pelt or a cloth, wearing a chiton and himation; draped male wearing a chitoniskos and a himation, holding a scabbard in his left hand; Exterior, foot of a figure to right; lower drapery and feet of a woman?; end of a stick; seated, draped figure with feet on a footstool; part of a draped, winged figure with a striped sceptre; left half of handle root and part of handle patch; altar; part of a draped figure to right

Artist

Briseis Painter

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