Terracotta Little Master cup

Unknown

ca. 565–550 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

03.24.31: exterior, obverse and reverse, sphinx standing over a nude man The larger cup demonstrates the basic decorative format of this popular shape. Here, the inscriptions are meaningless strings of letters framing the figural composition, but on other examples, they accurately record the artist's name, label characters depicted, or offer greetings. Little Master cups can be dated more precisely than most Etruscan vases and so are important indicators of the date of this tomb.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 565–550 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic, black-figure,

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1903