Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Recalls the Aberdeen Painter

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.

Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Recalls the Aberdeen Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Recalls the Aberdeen Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Recalls the Aberdeen Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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