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Obverse and reverse, owl between olive sprigs
This work represents a type of skyphos in which one handle is vertical and the other horizontal. Because an owl is frequently the decoration, the shape is known as a glaux, the Greek word for owl.
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Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Period: Classical
Date: mid-5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); diameter 4 in. (10.1 cm); width with handles 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.162.127
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