Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown

450–440 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Below the rim, an egg pattern with dots in the interstices; circumscribed palmette with an elongated central frond; male bending to right, with a himation, holding the foreleg of an animal (sheep?) in his right hand; head and part of upper torso of a draped male to left; above the head of the draped male to right, part of an inscription, KALO; in between the two youths, S; above the head of the youth to left, three letters of an inscription

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