Terracotta rim 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
2011.604.1.7002
Art Historical Context
This delicate terracotta rim fragment from kylix, or drinking cup, hails from Attic Greece during the late Archaic period500–480 BCE).ed in the bustling pottery workshops of ancient Athens, kylikes were essential to the symposion—a lively social gathering where elite men reclined, drank wine, and debated philosophy or poetry. Though only a portion of the rim survives, it exemplifies the everyday elegance of Attic vase-making, where terracotta was wheel-thrown, fired, and often decorated with intricate black- or red-figure painting (though specifics here are lost). Attic pottery from this era ...