Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Interior, male to right, wearing an fox skin cap and a chlamys, holding a spear in his right hand; warrior to left, wearing a chitoniskos and gaiters, with a shield in his left hand, and a spear in his right; Exterior, profiled ring foot; resting surface and inner foot of wall are glazed; the decoration of the underside of the floor is glazed, with an inner convex band bordered by chamfered edges; the central circle is reserved and inside there is a thin black glaze ring, and a smaller black circle with a dot in the middle

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