Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Interior, on exergue, filleted youth to left, with his himation draped around his left elbow, holding a stick, and his right arm extended in front of him; wreathed male boy to left, gesturing to the youth; Exterior, profiled ring foot; the resting surface is unglazed and the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the floor is decorated in concentric circles, alternating with reserve and black glaze bands; in the middle there is a black glaze circle with a smaller circle 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