Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, wreathed youth to left, with his himation draped over his right shoulder and around his right arm, holding a staff in his right hand; behind him, a laver; in front of him, a goal post?; Exterior, profiled ring foot, with an unglazed resting surface; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the floor is decorated with concentric circles; the outer ring is in reserve, followed by a band of black glaze, a thin band reserve, a thin black glaze ring, and a wide band of reserve; the central band of black glaze is concave and bordered by chamfered edges; in the center a circle is left in reserve, with a thin black glaze ring which has a smaller black glaze circle with a dot in the center

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