Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown

ca. 350–325 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Bird The bird is enclosed in a metope bordered above by incised lines and painted dots and on the remaining sides by vine leaves. This kind of decoration anticipates the motifs of birds and tendrils on the white panels among the Museum's Roman frescoes from Boscotrecase.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 350–325 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Gnathian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1926