Terracotta fragments of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, satyr with his arms extended; Exterior, profiled ring foot; the underside of the foot is reserved; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the floor is decorated in concentric circles; the outer edge is in reserve, followed by a band of black glaze, and another band of reserve; a thin band of black glaze borders the center circle which is reserved; the inner black glaze band is concave and bordered at the inside by a chamfered edge; in the center is a reserve circle that has a smaller black circle inside of it; in the center is an even smaller circle with a dot in the middle; there are six other fragments: a large black glaze rim fragment has part of the left handle root on the exterior; a second rim fragment has black glaze on the interior and exterior; a third fragment has a bit of the tondo border on the interior and on the exterior, part of the handle; a fourth fragment has part of the tondo border on the interior; the fifth and sixth fragments are black glaze on the interior and exterior

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