Object Image

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Interior, warrior wearing a helmet and chitoniskos, holding a round shield (with a hare as a shield device) in his left hand, leading a reined horse with his right hand; part of head, neck, chest, and left foreleg of horse preserved; above the horse's eye, part of an inscription, an A

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

520-500 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.1.2438
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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