Skyphos
MS5468
From: Greece | Attica | Athens
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5468 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Greece | Attica | Athens |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | 5th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Eros | Maenad | Thyrsus | Dionysos | Sceptre | Youth |
| Description | Small skyphos, Corinthian type. A) l. to r., youth standing, frontal pose, wearing long cloak, facing right; naked youth, with sceptre, seated (Dionysos?), facing left. B) l. to r., Eros flying toward right; maenad standing facing left, thyrsus in right hand. Originally intact; broken and mended; bit of handle missing. Extremely delicate fabric. |
| Height | 5.8 cm |
| Width | 5.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Miss Alice M. Freeman, 1917 |
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