Terracotta rim fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

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late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Exterior, the larger rim fragment has the head, neck, and upper torso of a bearded man to right, wearing a himation, holding a drinking horn; to the right, part of a vine; the smaller rim fragment has a bearded man to left, wearing a himation, with his left elbow seen from beneath the drapery, and his bent right arm in front of his chest, with part of the himation draped over the wrist; at the bottom right, part of a vine

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th/early 5th centuries 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