Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Unknown Artist
500–480 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
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, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
Accession Number
2011.604.1.4994
Art Historical Context
This terracotta fragment from a kylix, or shallow drinking cup, hails from Attic Greece during the late Archaic period500–480 BCE).ed in the renowned pottery workshops of Athens, kylikes like this were essential for symposia—lively social gatherings where elite men reclined, drank wine mixed with water, and engaged in philosophy, poetry, and politics. Though only a piece survives, it offers a into everyday luxury and the vibrant ceramic tradition that made Attic vases a cornerstone of ancient Greek art, exported across the Mediterranean. Attic potters excelled in terracotta techniques, firing...