Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Unknown Artist
470–450 BCE
Medium
Terracotta
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
2011.604.1.117
Art Historical Context
This delicate terracotta rim fragment from a kylix, a shallow drinking cup popular in ancient Greece, dates to the Classical period (470–450 BCE).ed in Attic workshops near Athens—the epicenter of Greek pottery production—it once formed part of a vessel used during symposia, lively social gatherings where men reclined, drank wine, and engaged in intellectual discourse. Though only a fragment survives, it evokes the refined elegance of everyday luxury in democratic Athens, a time of cultural flourishing marked by the Parthenon’s construction and the plays of Sophocles. Attic vases like this we...