Ancient terracotta cup with black silhouetted figures on an orange band, a draped figure in the center, and a black glazed base, on a gray background.

Mastoid Drinking Cup with Black-Figure Frieze

A terracotta mastoid drinking cup with a black-figure frieze of three figures on an orange band, with a central draped figure flanked by two dancing or striding figures. The lower body is black-glazed, and the wide, flared mouth sits above the frieze against a plain gray background.

Artist: Leafless Group
Date: 500-480 BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-figure
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1265 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date -480).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson

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