Object Image

Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Unknown Artist

Obverse, draped maenad to right, holding a thrysos in her left hand; lower drapery and feet of a figure to left; Reverse, feet of a figure to right; lower drapery and feet of a figure to left; in between the observe and reverse, a complete handle, below, a large palmette with tendrils

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

Last quarter of the 5th century B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
13.7 x 18.4in
2011.604.2.1248
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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