Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Interior, head, in profile to right, and upper frontal torso, with his left arm extended of a youth to right, holding a spear or javelin in his left hand; Exterior, the foot is sheared off; the underside of the floor is glazed; in the center the is a reserved circle that has a wide black glaze band towards the outer edge; in the center is 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