Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, on exergue, lower legs and feet of a woman to right, wearing a chiton and himation, with a striped sceptre, standing in front of an altar; Exterior, profiled ring foot; the resting surface and the inner wall of the foot are glazed; the underside of the floor has a thin band of reserve on the outer most edge, followed by a wide band of black glaze, a band of reserve, and a thin black glaze ring; the central area is reserved
Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
460-450 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.1.8467
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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