Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, draped woman to right, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation; bent left arm, bit of lower back, left buttock, and feet of a draped male to left, leaning on a knobby stick; Obverse, lower body and feet of a draped woman to right, wearing a chiton and himation; lower torso and legs of Hermes wearing a chlamys, holding a kerykeion in his left hand; draped woman to left, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation, grasping her lower garment with her right hand; complete handle, with handle patch preserved to rim; below, a pair of addorsed palmettes with tendrils and lotuses; Reverse, winged woman to right, wearing a sakkos and chiton, with her arms extended in front of her, holding a fillet in between her two hands; arm and lower legs of a male; lower body of a draped woman, wearing a chiton and himation; a separate rim fragment has a tendril with a lotus

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