Kylix, band-cup fragment
3rd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
greatest length 5.89 cm.
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Archaic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1954
Accession Number
54.12.2
Art Historical Context
This delicate fragment from a *kylix*—a shallow drinking cup popular in ancient symposia—offers a glimpse into Archaic Greek artistry from Attica, circa 560–550 BCE. Crafted by the Wraith Painter, a master of the black-figure technique, it hails from the vibrant workshop culture of 6th-century Athens. As part of a band-cup subtype, its decoration likely featured a narrow horizontal band of figures around the vessel's body, a hallmark of the artist's precise, narrative style depicting myths, athletes, or daily life against the warm terracotta clay. Terracotta, fired clay painted with glossy bl...