Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup) ca. 560–550 Attributed to the manner of Elbows Out Obverse and reverse, cockfightIn the treatment of shapes as well as decoration, Attic vase-painting offers an endless array of permutations. Here the cockfight appears on a band-cup, which would have been used at a symposium (drinking party). This artist uses less detail than Tleson, for instance, yet he effectively characterized the birds' bulk and their eager Terracotta kylix: band-cup (drinking cup). Greek, Attic. ca. 560–550 Terracotta; black-figure. Archaic. Vases

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