Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Interior, lower body and legs of a draped male to left, holding a knobby stick with his left hand, and his right arm, which is behind his back, over a laver; in front of him, a block seat; Exterior, profiled unglazed ring foot; the resting surface is also unglazed, and has a graffito; the inner wall of the foot is glazed, although most of it is worn; the underside of the floor is in reserve and has a thin black glaze circle in the center, inside of which there is a smaller circle with a dot in the middle

Artist

Unknown

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