Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
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
2011.604.1.7969
Art Historical Context
This delicate terracotta rim fragment from kylix, or shallow drinking cup, dates to around 450 BCE and hails from Attic Greece during the Classical period. Attributed to the Sabouro Painter, a skilled practitioner of the red-figure technique, it exemplifies the height of Athenian pottery artistry. In red-figure vases, artists painted black gloss slip around figures, leaving the clay's natural red color to shine through, allowing for intricate details through thin lines and subtle shading—a revolutionary advance over earlier black-figure methods that enabled more lifelike depictions of gods, he...