Terracotta fragment of a stemless cup

Unknown

480–470 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, head, shoulders, part of upper torso, and bent leg of a youth bending to right, with his arms extended and his hands inside of a laver; Exterior, the profiled ring foot has a glazed outer edge, with unglazed resting surface; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the cup has a reserved outer edge, followed by a band of black glaze, a thin band of reserve and a thin black glaze circle; a wide band of reserve is bordered by a chamfered edge; in the center, there is a thick band of black glaze with a circle of reserve in the center, which has in the middle, a thin black glaze circle with a dot in the center

Artist

Unknown

Date

480–470 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