Object Image

Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

Interior, wreathed satyr to left mounting a stepped structure (altar?); on the structure, MOLS?; in the tondo, seven letters of an inscription; Obverse, handle palmette; youth with his himation draped over his head and around his body, with shod feet, leaning on a stick; lower drapery and legs of a male to left; drapery and legs of a male to left with shod feet, and a knobby stick; part of a handle palmette; Reverse, youth with his himation draped over his head and around his body, with shod feet, leaning on a stick; lower drapery and legs of a male to left; drapery and legs of a male to left with shod feet, and a knobby stick

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curato...

490-470 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.1.6977a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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