Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)
Unknown Artist
520–500 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
2011.604.1.1158a–t
Art Historical Context
These terracotta fragments from a kylix, a wide, shallow drinking cup, hail from Attic Greece during the Archaic period (520–500 BCE).ed in the vibrant pottery workshops of ancient Athens, kylikes like this were essential for symposia—lively social gatherings where elite men reclined, sipped wine, and engaged in philosophical debates, poetry, and. Though incomplete, these shards offer a tantalizing glimpse into everyday luxury and artistic innovation of the time, gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011 by renowned curator Dietrich von Bothmer. Attic vases from this era mark a pivotal...