Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Boot Painter

480–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) — Boot Painter

Interior, part of head and lower legs of a helmeted warrior with greaves, with a round shield, spear, and drapery; part of an inscription, KALOS; Exterior, part of a round shield, seen from the inside; helmeted warrior wearing a chitoniskos holding a round shield in his left hand and a spear in his right; left arm, hand, and feet of a Scythian archer to left; greaved leg of a warrior to left

Artist
Boot Painter
Date
480–470 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

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