Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

second quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, youth with himation draped over his shoulders and his bent left arm, holding a lyre in his right hand; Obverse, draped youth bending to right, with his arm extended under his himation; filleted youth looking over his right shoulder, wearing a himation, holding a lyre in his left hand, and the plektron in his right; part of the torso and legs of a youth with a himation; handle palmette and tendrils; Reverse, draped youth bending to right; draped youth with his right arm bent, holding a lyre in his hand; draped youth to left, leaning on a knobby stick; handle palmette with elongated central frond, and tendrils

Artist

Unknown

Date

second quarter of the 5th century 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