Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown

ca. 500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Dogs among fruit trees Scenes of rural life do not figure prominently in the iconography of Attic vases. This exception is engaging in its simplicity. Executed at a time when the red-figure technique had loosened the manner of drawing, the dogs were painted in added white directly onto the reserved clay surface.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 500 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941