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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Recalls the Aberdeen Painter
ca. 450 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Obverse and reverse, satyr and maenad

The aggression between the satyrs and maenads (male and female followers of Dionysos, the god of wine) permits the painter here to depict exceptionally animated figures and drapery.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
  • Artist: Recalls the Aberdeen Painter
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: ca. 450 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); diameter of mouth 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.139.29
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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