Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Interior, top of the head of a youth to right; Exterior, the largest rim fragment depicts the head and upper torso of a youth with his himation draped around his upper left arm and lower body, leaning on a stick, with an unidentified object in his left hand; youth leaning back, looking over his right shoulder, holding a javelin in both hands; in the field, an aryballos, sponge, and strigil; youth bending to left, with his himation draped over his left shoulder, and across his back, and lower body, leaning on a stick under his left arm, with his right hand on his hip; behind the lower legs of the two males on the right, a pick; at the far right, part of an ancient repair is visible; a second rim fragment depicts the lower drapery of a male; in the field, an aryballos and a strigil; two javelins; part of a handle with the handle patch; a third rim fragment depicts two javelins; draped youth with his himation draped around his left shoulder, back, lower body, and gathered in his left hand, with his right hand on his hip, leaning on a stick; a fourth rim fragment has a fillet? hanging in the field and part of a javelin?; a fifth rim fragment shows the head, and part of upper torso of a youth with his left hand holding the end of a javelin, and his right arm extended; the smallest fragment depicts the hair, nose, and right shoulder of a filleted male looking left
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: 2011.604.1.6979a–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
490–480 BCE
Painter of the Paris Gigantomachy
480–470 BCE
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