Terracotta scyphus (drinking cup)
This cup is stamped by M. Perennius Tigranus, who owned one of the most prolific workshops operating at Arretium (modern Arezzo, Italy) during the Julio-Claudian period. The relief decoration depicts heroic seminude hunters pitted against a bear and a boar.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta scyphus (drinking cup)
- Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
- Date: ca. 15 BCE–60 CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Terracotta; Arretine ware
- Dimensions: H. with handle 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); diameter 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.894
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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