Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Interior, stick or spear?; head, neck, and part of upper torso, in profile to left, of a draped youth with his right arm and hand raised; Exterior, bit of inner wall of foot; the underside of the foot is decorated in concentric circles; a thin band of reserve is bordered by two bands of black glaze, followed by a wide band of reserve and a concave black band bordered by chamfered edges; the middle is in reserve with a bit of the black glaze from the center black circle

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