Red-figure kylix with a black interior showing a draped man holding a lyre within a Greek key border.

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

A red-figure drinking cup seen from above, its black glossy interior framed by a meander band. At the center, a draped standing man in a long cloak holds a lyre, his profile and sandaled feet turned to the left.

Look closer: Two horizontal handles extend from the left and right rims of the cup.

Artist: Dokimasia Painter
Date: ca. 480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 3915 × 3224 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1906

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