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Terracotta mastoid skyphos
The mastoid skyphos is a type of drinking vessels named for its characteristic breast-like shape. Between about 540 and 500 B.C. Greek vase-painters placed eyes mainly on drinking vessels, probably because they were apotropaic (intended to ward off evil), or so that the cup would take on the appearance of a mask when the drinker raised it to his lips. This type of vase was imported in large numbers into Etruria.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta mastoid skyphos
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 500 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 7.3 cm (2-7/8 in.) x W. 15 cm (5-7/8 in.) (across handles)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
- Object Number: 2021.40.9
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
4th century BCE
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
late 6th century BCE
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