Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown

490–480 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, part of the lower torso, genitals, and thighs of a woman to left holding her drapery in both hands (only her right forearm and hand are preserved); genitals and legs of a woman to right; to the right, part of an inscription, PAN[AITIOS]?; the tondo border is a complex right meander, interrupted by cross squares; Exterior of the largest fragment, left foot of a symposiast to right; legs and part of the chlamys of symposiast to left; part of the handle root; legs of a draped symposiast reclining on a kline; below the kline, on the ground, a skyphos, in silhouette; above the skyphos, part of an inscription, HO PAI[S KALOS]; exterior of the second fragment, part of the vessel and legs of a podanipter, in silhouette; a third fragment has the lower back and torso, the genitals, and part of the right buttock and thigh of a symposiast to right, with his himation draped around his back and wrists, holding a kylix in his right hand; a fourth fragment has a bit of drapery and part of a kline with a vessel (mouth and neck of a psykter?), in silhouette, underneath a kline

Artist

Unknown

Date

490–480 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