Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, top of head of figure; Exterior, complete handle; bit of handle patch; below, palmettes and tendrils; below the rim, an architrave; Doric, fluted column; woman wearing a sakkos, chiton, and a himation, holding an apple in her right hand, and gesturing with her extended left arm and hand; woman seated on a chair, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation, with her right arm extended above her lap, tossing an apple with her left hand; woman looking over her right shoulder, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation holding an apple in each hand; woman seated in a chair, bending to right, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation; a separate rim fragment has part of the architrave and the column capital

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