Detail of a Terracotta Kylix with a Komast Attributed to the Brygos Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Attributed to the Brygos Painter

Period: Archaic

Date: ca. 490–480 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) diameter 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916

Accession Number: 16.174.43

Description:

Interior, komast (reveler)

In a wonderfully loose-limbed pose, the drinker looks to his left and, thanks to the walking stick on which he leans, twists to the right with his right leg bent. The himation (cloak) that falls over his back serves as a kind of curtain against which the body is disposed. The figure holds a kylix in his right hand. A large basket hangs on the wall to the right.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/249154