Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)

Signed by Epitimos
Related to the style of Lydos

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

Interior, archer on horseback and warrior dismounting
Exterior, obverse and reverse, profile heads above, inscription between animals below

During the third quarter of the sixth century B.C., the lip-cup and the band-cup were the two preferred types of drinking cup. The lip-cup's exterior is clay-colored, and the usual decoration consists of a figural motif at the top and an inscription and palmettes below. Many variations occur, however. The profile head is a favorite motif, particularly associated with a painter called Sakonides but popular also with his contemporaries.

Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), Signed by Epitimos as potter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), Signed by Epitimos as potter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), Signed by Epitimos as potter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), Signed by Epitimos as potter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), Signed by Epitimos as potter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup), Signed by Epitimos as potter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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