Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup) ca. 530-520 B.C. Greek, Attic Interior, youth riding a hippalektryon (a mythical combination of a horse and a rooster)Late sixth-century vases connected with drinking occasionally have subjects that go beyond the familiar gorgons, griffins, or sphinxes. The hippalektryon belongs to this category. It is interesting to compare this piece to the fine early red-figure plate by Epiktetos showing a youth riding a rooster (The Bothmer Gallery II).. Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup) 254676 Greek, Attic, Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), ca. 530520 B.C., Terracotta, H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1951 (51.11.11)
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