Terracotta fragments of a kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)

Falmouth Painter

ca. 570 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

a: the largest fragment, has at the rim, a dot net pattern; below, on the wall of the cup, part of the head, genitals, and bent left leg of a komast to right, holding a drinking horn, facing a second komast; part of the tendrils from the handle ornament; in the background, rosettes; b: at the rim, a dot net pattern; below, on the wall of the cup, part of a tendril from the handle ornament; at the right, part of a rosette; c: at the bottom left, feet of a komast to left; part of the palmette and tendril from the handle ornament; part of the right calf and foot of a komast to right; below, three black glazed lines and a band of rays; d: part of the palmette and tendril from the handle ornament; at the far right, heel of a komast to right; below, three black glazed lines and a band of rays

Artist

Falmouth Painter

Date

ca. 570 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