Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

470–460 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, meander; Exterior, the largest rim fragment depicts, at the top left break, part of a draped figure?; to the right, a bearded man to left, wearing two garments, with his right arm bent, and his hand holding a stick; in the field, a vine; below, the back of a chair; part of a circumscribed palmette and tendrils; a second rim fragment depicts the tendrils and fronds of a handle palmette; a striped sceptre with a palmette finial?; woman wearing a chiton and himation with arms extended in front of her; branches of a palm tree; a third rim fragment depicts part of a circumscribed palmette; parts of two vines and a fluted column or drapery?; lower back and buttocks of a draped figure to right; a fourth rim fragment shows part of the handle patch and a circumscribed palmette; a fifth fragment depicts part of a handle palmette and two fronds; a sixth fragment shows part of a vine and the tendrils and part of the frond of a handle palmette; a seventh fragment shows, drapery, a tendril, and a palmette frond; start of handle root; an eighth fragment has the left half of the handle, part of the handle patch, and two fronds of a handle palmette

Artist

Unknown

Date

470–460 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