Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Attributed to the Pan Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

Obverse, Theseus
Reverse, the Minotaur

Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal.

Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Pan Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Pan Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Pan Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Pan Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Attributed to the Pan Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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