Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown

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

Head and part of upper torso of a draped woman to right, with a sakkos and himation; head and upper torso of a youth looking over his right shoulder, with his right hand on his hip, and his himation draped over his left shoulder and around his left forearm, holding a staff in his left hand; part of a circumscribed palmette with tendrils and lotus buds

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