Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Sabouroff Painter

mid-5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, top of head and bit of hair of woman wearing a sakkos; Obverse, draped youth with right arm extended, holding a staff in his hand; in the field, a sakkos; draped woman seated on a chair, holding a mirror in her left hand; in the field, an alabastron; youth seen from the back, with his right hand on his hip, and his himation draped around his lower body and legs; part of a circumscribed palmette; Reverse, draped youth to right, leaning on a knobby stick; in the field, an albastron; draped woman wearing a chiton and himation, with both arms extended; in her right hand she holds a lotus?; in her left, a mirror; filleted, bearded man to left wearing a himation, holding a knobby stick in his right hand; complete handle with handle patch preserved to rim; below, one frond of a palmette and tendrils; to the left and right of the handle, an ivy leaf

Artist

Sabouroff Painter

Date

mid-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