Terracotta kyathos (cup-shaped ladle)

Group of Vatican G.57

ca. 520–510 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Between eyes, seated Dionysos At handle, satyrs The kyathos had a brief life span, limited to the last decades of the sixth century B.C., and almost every example is decorated in black-figure. The shape originated in Etruria. Attic kyathoi seem to have been made for export, with the workshop of Nikosthenes as a major supplier.

Artist

Group of Vatican G.57

Date

ca. 520–510 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1922