Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

ca. 500 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

The god of the sea, Poseidon, riding sea horse
Under each handle, heron

Many wine vessels were decorated with images related to the sea. Here Poseidon or the kindly old sea god Nereus rides an undulating sea horse.

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Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Artist: Attributed to the Theseus Painter
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 500 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
diameter 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.230.9
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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