Black-figure Greek drinking cup with handles, c. 500-480 BCE

A terracotta cup with a wide mouth and two horizontal handles, decorated in black figures on a reddish-orange ground. A central scene shows a standing male figure beside a horse or donkey and a figure at right holding a long staff, with a dotted border between them.

Artist

Ancient Greek

Date

500-480 BCE

Medium

terracotta, black-figure

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1266 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson