Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
second quarter of the 5th century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification
Vases
Culture & Period
Greek, Attic · Classical
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Accession Number
2011.604.1.148
About the Artist
Aberdeen Painter
The Aberdeen Painter was an anonymous ancient Greek vase painter active in Attica during the early Classical period, roughly 470–450 BCE. Named by the pioneering scholar Sir John D. Beazley after a red-figure kylix (drinking cup) once in the University of Aberdeen's Marischal Museum collection, he exemplifies the meticulous connoisseurship that revolutionized the study of Attic pottery. Specializi...