Terracotta kyathos (cup-shaped ladle)
Between eyes, seated Dionysos
At handle, satyrs
The kyathos had a brief life span, limited to the last decades of the sixth century B.C., and almost every example is decorated in black-figure. The shape originated in Etruria. Attic kyathoi seem to have been made for export, with the workshop of Nikosthenes as a major supplier.
At handle, satyrs
The kyathos had a brief life span, limited to the last decades of the sixth century B.C., and almost every example is decorated in black-figure. The shape originated in Etruria. Attic kyathoi seem to have been made for export, with the workshop of Nikosthenes as a major supplier.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta kyathos (cup-shaped ladle)
- Artist: Attributed to the Group of Vatican G.57
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 520–510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: 3in. (7.6cm)
Other (height with handle): 5 3/16in. (13.2cm)
Other (height without handle): 3in. (7.6cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.139.30
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Italic-Native, South Italian (Daunian)
1st half of 6th century BCE
Group of Vatican G.57
ca. 530–500 BCE
Greek, South Italian, Campanian
4th century BCE
Greek, Attic
late 10th–early 9th century BCE
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mid-4th century BCE
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