Object Image

Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

Unknown Artist

Interior, on exergue, toes? part of a laver on two steps; Exterior, draped woman wearing a sakkos, chiton, and himation, holding a spear in her right hand and a round shield in her left; in the field, an unidentified object (a greave?); youth bending to right, wearing a chitoniskos, holding the upper part of his tunic with his teeth while he ties his belt; youth bending to left, leaning on a knobby stick, with his himation wrapped around his back and lower body, and gathered in his bent left arm, with his right arm extended, holding a helmet in his hand

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

Second quarter of the 5th century B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
2011.604.1.7675
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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