Terracotta mastos (drinking cup in the form of a breast)
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in September 2022. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.Obverse, Dionysos
Reverse, maenad
Reverse, maenad
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta mastos (drinking cup in the form of a breast)
- Artist: Attributed to Psiax
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 520 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/4 x 8 1/8in. (13.4 x 20.6cm)
diameter 5 9/16in. (14.1cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Abraham Foundation Inc. Gift, 1975
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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