Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Orleans Painter

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

Interior, woman to left, wearing a chiton and himation with her right arm extended, and her hand holding a mirror; below, a kalathos; behind her, a stool with a cushion; Obverse, part of palmettes, tendrils, and a volute; woman to right, wearing a sakkos, chiton, and a himation, with her right arm extended, and her hand holding a mirror; stool with a cushion; lower drapery and feet of a woman to right, wearing a chiton and himation; chiton and feet of a woman to left; part of a handle palmette; Reverse, heel of a figure to right; lower drapery of a woman?

Artist

Orleans Painter

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