Terracotta mastoid (drinking cup with narrow base), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); diameter 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); width with handles 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm), Vases, Obverse, between eyes, seated youth with branches, Reverse, between eyes, nose. The mastoid is a variant of the skyphos characterized by the breast-like shape, which provides its name. The eyes on either side reflect a predilection in Attic vase-painting between about 540 and 500 B
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Terracotta mastoid, drinking cup, narrow base, Archaic, ca, 500 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, H, 3 1/4, 8.3 cm, diameter, 4 1/8, 10.5, width, handles, 6, 15.6, Vases, Obverse, eyes, seated youth, branches, Reverse, nose, mastoid, variant, skyphos characterized, breast, shape, provides, name, side reflect, predilection, Attic vase-painting, 540, B
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