Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, unidentified subject; Exterior, the largest rim fragment depicts at the left, two boxers; a youth wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder, around his lower body, and gathered in his left hand; head, upper torso, genitals, and part of thighs of a youth holding a fillet his left hand, with his right arm extended; bent right arm, genitals, and thighs of male bending to left; a second rim fragment depicts a youth, whose javelin is pointing to the genitals of the youth that is leaning back; at the far right, there is a hand holding a javelin; a third rim fragment shows the back of the head and part of the upper torso of a youth whose bent left arm is seen from beneath the folds of his billowing himation; head, neck, shoulders, and part of the frontal torso of a youth looking to left, holding a javelin in both hands; a fourth rim fragment shows part of an arm and a javelin?; a fifth fragment depicts the lower abdomen, genitals, and thighs of a male to right; a sixth fragment shows the handle attachment
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy [DvB]
- Period: Late Archaic
- Date: 490–480 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.604.1.6947a–f
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
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