Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown

mid-5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

a: the rim fragment has a right hand holding a bag, and a lotus bud and tendril from the handle ornament; near the break, above the right arm, one letter of an inscription, L?; b: tendrils from the handle ornament; lower part of a draped male to left, with a staff; in between the tendril and staff, an unidentified object

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-5th century 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