Terracotta fragments of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

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late 6th/early 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the larger fragment, below the rim, dot ivy; right hand of a male holding a drinking horn?; draped maenad to left, playing the aulos; satyr to left, with his left arm bent, and his hand at his waist; in the back ground, vines; start of handle root; below the handle root, a dolphin to right; the smaller fragment depicts a satyr to left, approaching a maenad from behind; at the bottom right, tail of a dolphin

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th/early 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011