Terracotta scyphus (drinking cup)

Unknown

ca. 15 BCE–60 CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

This cup is stamped by M. Perennius Tigranus, who owned one of the most prolific workshops operating at Arretium (modern Arezzo, Italy) during the Julio-Claudian period. The relief decoration depicts heroic seminude hunters pitted against a bear and a boar.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 15 BCE–60 CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917