Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, on exergue, feet of a draped, seated male to right, with his left foot resting against a rock, leaning on a staff; calves and feet of a male with drapery; Exterior, part of a circumscribed palmette with tendrils; legs and feet of a draped male to right, leaning on a stick; feet of a male, with right foot in profile, and left foot frontal; unidentified object; pair of spears or javelins and calves and feet of a male, with the right leg frontal, and the left in profile; tendrils; profiled ring foot with a unglazed resting surface; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the floor had a band of black glaze on the outer edge, followed by a wide band of reserve; and a band of black glaze

Artist

Unknown

Date

460–450 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