Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) ca. 500 Attributed to an artist near the Kleophrades Painter Interior, symposiast (participant in drinking party)Known chiefly for his work on pots, the Kleophrades Painter is also associated with kylikes both early and late in his career. The man depicted here holds a cup, presumably filled with wine, in his left hand. With the cup in his right hand he plays kottabos—an after-dinner pastime in which the symposiasts knocked the finials off lamp stands with the lees remaining in their Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) 254921

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