Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Borden Wood Painter

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, nude athlete to right, with his right arm extended, holding a strigil in his right hand; in the field behind him, an aryballos; on the ground, a goal post; Exterior, start of handle root; profiled ring foot; resting surface and inner wall of foot are glazed; the underside of the floor has a thin band of reserve on the outermost edge, followed by a wide black glazed band, a thin band of reserve, and a black glazed band; the center is in reserve, and in the middle there is a small circle with a dot in the center

Artist

Borden Wood Painter

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