Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, draped lyre player, seated on a stool; Obverse, draped youth to right, leaning on a stick; draped youth to left, with his right arm extended behind his back, holding the lyre in his right hand; part of a handle palmette and tendrils; Reverse, head, right hand, and drapery of a youth to right; draped youth to right, with his right arm extended behind his back, holding a lyre in his right hand; handle palmette and tendrils; start of left handle root

Artist

Unknown

Date

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