Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup), Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); diameter 4 in. (10.1 cm); width with handles 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), Vases, Obverse and reverse, owl between olive sprigs. This work represents a type of skyphos in which one handle is vertical and the other horizontal. Because an owl is frequently the decoration, the shape is known as a glaux, the Greek word for owl
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Terracotta skyphos, deep drinking cup, Classical, mid-5th century B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 3 1/4, 8.3 cm, diameter, 4, 10.1, width, handles, 6, 15.9, Vases, Obverse, reverse, owl, olive sprigs, work represents, type, skyphos, handle, vertical, horizontal, frequently, decoration, shape, glaux, Greek word
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