Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); diameter 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); width with handles 7 15/16 in. (20.1 cm), Vases, Dogs among fruit trees. Scenes of rural life do not figure prominently in the iconography of Attic vases. This exception is engaging in its simplicity. Executed at a time when the red-figure technique had loosened the manner of drawing, the dogs were painted in added white directly onto the reserved clay surface
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Terracotta skyphos, deep drinking cup, Archaic, ca, 500 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, H, 4, 10.2 cm, diameter, 5 7/16, 13.8, width, handles, 7 15/16, 20.1, Vases, Dogs, fruit trees, Scenes, rural life do, figure prominently, iconography, Attic vases, exception, engaging, simplicity, Executed, time, red-figure technique, loosened, manner, drawing, dogs, painted, added white, directly, reserved clay, surface
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