Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

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mid-5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse and reverse, owl between olive sprigs This work represents a type of skyphos in which one handle is vertical and the other horizontal. Because an owl is frequently the decoration, the shape is known as a glaux, the Greek word for owl.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1941