Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Interior, seated, nude youth to right, gesturing with his left hand to the youth standing in front of him, who has a white metal crown on his head, and whose left hand is on his hip; Exterior, the underside of the floor is decorated with concentric circles; the outer most band is in reserve, followed by a concave black band, bordered by chamfered edges, a thin band of reserve, a thin band of black glaze, and a wide band of reserve; a concave black glaze band is bordered by chamfered edges; the center area is in reserve with a thin black glaze ring, which has in the middle, a black glaze circle with a dot in the center

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