Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, filleted satyr leaning against a rock with his arms raised and his legs wrapped around the draped maenad in front of him, who is looking over her right shoulder and is running away from him; the maenad has a thrysos; Exterior, three circumscribed palmettes; lower legs and drapery of a male to right; bent left arm, part of lower abdomen, genitals, and legs of a male with a stick and his himation draped around his left forearm and around his lower back; drapery, right buttock and leg and left calf and foot of a male to right; parts of two circumscribed palmettes; genitals, legs, and drapery of two males to right; a second smaller fragment depicts part of the upper torso, in three-quarter view, right hip, and genitals of a male with a himation draped behind his back; may belong with 2011.604.1.6983a, b
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy [DvB]
- Period: Late Archaic/Early Classical
- Date: 480–470 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: 2011.604.1.6982a, b
- 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
490–480 BCE
Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
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