Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), ca. 500

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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 500 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 4 in. ( cm); diameter 5 7/16 in. ( cm); width with handles 7 15/16 in. ( cm), Vases, Dogs among fruit trees. Scenes of rural life do not figure prominently in the iconography of Attic vases. This exception is engaging in its simplicity. Executed at a time when the red-figure technique had loosened the manner of drawing, the dogs were painted in added white directly onto the reserved clay surface

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Size: 4322px × 4323px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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