Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown

450–440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse, lower drapery and left foot of a woman running to left; tendrils and one palmette frond; Reverse, part of the right calf and foot of a male to right; below the figures, a double ground line; the outer edge of the foot is glazed; the resting surface is unglazed; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the foot is unglazed; in the center, there is a black glaze circle with a dot in the middle

Artist

Unknown

Date

450–440 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