Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Boreads Painter

second quarter of the 6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Interior, at top, a vine; below, a bearded, draped man to right with his right arm bent, and his forearm extended; Exterior, rays framed by three thin black glazed lines at the top and bottom; band of red glaze; band of tongues, alternating with black and red, framed by three thin black glazed lines at the top and bottom; band of red glaze; chain of pomegranates, framed at the top, by three thin black glazed lines

Artist

Boreads Painter

Date

second quarter of the 6th century 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