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Terracotta mastoid (drinking cup with narrow base)
Obverse, between eyes, seated youth with branches
Reverse, between eyes, nose
The mastoid is a variant of the skyphos characterized by the breast-like shape, which provides its name. The eyes on either side reflect a predilection in Attic vase-painting between about 540 and 500 B.C. While their meaning has not been conclusively established, they certainly have to do with the insights afforded by the consumption of wine and its perils. Mastoids are among the vases for drinking imported into Etruria in large numbers.
Reverse, between eyes, nose
The mastoid is a variant of the skyphos characterized by the breast-like shape, which provides its name. The eyes on either side reflect a predilection in Attic vase-painting between about 540 and 500 B.C. While their meaning has not been conclusively established, they certainly have to do with the insights afforded by the consumption of wine and its perils. Mastoids are among the vases for drinking imported into Etruria in large numbers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta mastoid (drinking cup with narrow base)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 500 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); diameter 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); width with handles 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.173
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Signed by Nearchos as potter
ca. 570 BCE
Attributed to a painter of the Princeton Group
ca. 540–530 BCE
Signed by Hieron as potter
ca. 480 BCE
4th quarter of the 6th century BCE
4th century BCE
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