Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, filleted symposiast with a himation draped around his waist and legs, reclining on a kline, resting his lower back and bent left arm against two cushions, with his left hand holding a skyphos, and right hand resting on his knee, looking back to the bearded symposiast leaning on a cushion, whose himation is draped around his waist and legs, with his right hand resting on the upper back of the filleted youth, and his left hand holding a skyphos; in the field, above the head of the filleted youth, a basket; below the kline, a table; Obverse of the larger fragment, on a plinth, a kline and table; on the kline, part of a draped symposiast and two cushions; circumscribed palmette and tendrils; Reverse of the larger fragment, on a plinth, part of a kline and table; on the kline, part of a draped symposiast; Exterior of the smaller fragment, handle palmettes and tendrils; start of handle root; end of kline with part of draped symposiast

Artist

Unknown

Date

460–450 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