Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup) ca. 560–550 Attributed to the Painter of Boston Interior, satyr pursuing maenadExterior, palmette-lotos chainWhile nonfigural motifs often frame or emphasize a specific zone or subject, they can also serve as the primary decoration. In this respect, it is useful to compare the role of ornament in architecture. The alternating stylized palmettes and lotos flowers represent a combination that later becomes standard on the necks of Terracotta kylix: Siana cup (drinking cup) 248725

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