Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)

Carlsruhe Painter

460–450 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup) — Carlsruhe Painter

Interior, impressed up and down palmette fronds; lines from concentric circles framing the central ornament (part of a palmette frond?); Exterior, profiled ring foot, with a glazed inner wall; the underside of the foot is decorated with concentric circles; the outer most band is in reserve, followed by a thin band of black glaze, bordered by a chamfered edge; the middle is reserved with a red wash (miltos)

Artist
Carlsruhe 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

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