Tapering cylindrical form with two horizontal handles at rim, circular foot. Black and terracotta colored decoration consists of female figure dressed in chiton, running toward right with wreath in hand, and a nude youth seated on rock, facing right, staff in hand. Under the handles, symmetrical ornaments based on the palmette.

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Skyphos (Drinking Cup) (Etruria (present-day Italy)), 6th century BC

This is a Skyphos (Drinking Cup). It is dated 6th century BC and we acquired it in 1915. Its medium is terracotta. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Museum Skyphos, a Mystery.

This object was donated by Charles W. Gould. It is credited Gift of Charles W. Gould.

High concave rim. The body decorated on the exterior with three bands of red containing radiated strokes, rabbits and reversed floral decoration joined by fillets. Interior centered with "eye" and red stripe at base of rim.

Kylix (Greece), 600–550 BC
terra-cotta.
Gift of Charles W. Gould.
1915-11-26

Circular, with tapering handle. Back engraved with stylized, reclining ancient Greek female figure holding bowl and jar. Handle engraved with cross-hatched decoration.

Brush (USA), 1938
silver, bristles, wood.
Museum purchase from Walter R. Scholz Memorial Fund.
1998-21-2

Vertical rectangle. White glazed ground; upright oval black transfer-printed frame enclosing green area against which, in black on white, is a figure of Orpheus or Apollo holding a lyre.

Tile (England), ca. 1780
transfer-printed, green-enamelled white pottery.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1940-80-1

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engraving on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088003519543

A dark red plate decorated with a border of cream-colored nude males around the inner plate and outer rim.

Platter (England), 1888–98
glazed and lustered earthenware.
Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes.
1992-124-1

Square with white decoration on greenish-blue ground consists of a kneeling woman wearing conical hat, long robe, watering a plant in classical vase at left, from which a cherub rises.

Plaque (England), possibly 1909
pate-sur-pate glazed porcelain.
Gift of Leon V. Solon.
1920-30-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 14 x 16.8 x 25.1cm (5 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 9 7/8in.)

Cite this object as

Skyphos (Drinking Cup) (Etruria (present-day Italy)), 6th century BC; terracotta; H x W x D: 14 x 16.8 x 25.1cm (5 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 9 7/8in.); Gift of Charles W. Gould; 1915-11-31

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BcTa/
Accession Number 1915-11-31
Object ID 18185387