Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Hoplite Painter

565–550 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, the larger fragment, has the top of a palmette; part of the back of the head, neck, and a bit of the chin of a male to right, with long hair; the second fragment, has, above the exergue, two horse hooves to right (Poseidon riding a Hippocamp [Stibbe]); Exterior, the larger fragment has a band of black glaze at the top of the rim; below, in between two black glazed lines, ornament; three black glazed lines, a band of red glaze; three bands of black glaze; the second fragment has, in between two black glazed lines, ornament; below, three thin black glazed lines, a band of red glaze, and part of a thin black glazed line

Artist

Hoplite Painter

Date

565–550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Laconian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011