Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) 510 BC

This terracotta kylix (drinking cup) from 510 BC, attributed to the Athenian potter Epiktetos, depicts a running youth carrying a kylix in his left hand. The figure is rendered in the black-figure style, a technique where the figures are painted in black slip on a red-clay ground. This type of imagery was common on Athenian pottery, and often served as a reminder of the pleasures of wine and symposia, or social gatherings, in Ancient Greece. The piece is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.