Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

565–550 BCE

Not on view

Interior, the larger fragment, has the top of a palmette; part of the back of the head, neck, and a bit of the chin of a male to right, with long hair; the second fragment, has, above the exergue, two horse hooves to right (Poseidon riding a Hippocamp [Stibbe]); Exterior, the larger fragment has a band of black glaze at the top of the rim; below, in between two black glazed lines, ornament; three black glazed lines, a band of red glaze; three bands of black glaze; the second fragment has, in between two black glazed lines, ornament; below, three thin black glazed lines, a band of red glaze, and part of a thin black glazed line

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Title: Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Hoplite Painter [Stibbe]
Period: Archaic
Date: 565–550 BCE
Culture: Greek, Laconian
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Object Number: 2011.604.9.9a, b
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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