Sujet

Attic Black-Figure Droop Cup, 520 BC. Creator: Wraith Painter.

Légende

Attic Black-Figure Droop Cup, 520 BC. Additional Info: Interior: all black, save reserved line within rim and small tondo, which has a central black dot within two concentric circles. Exterior: Scenes of lovemaking. Sides A and B: three pairs of men and women engaged in intercourse; on both sides, the female in the central group bends over a stool. Underneath the frieze are four concentric bands, a thick band of red and three concentric bands, ivy leaves (facing outward), four concentric bands, a thick red band, and rays. Under handles are open lotuses with flanking palmettes on either side of the handles. The foot has a red moulding at top and a reserved band, but is otherwise black. The underside is reserved, except for three concentric circles, and part of the hollow of the foot.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_389

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

84,2Mo (2,0Mo) / 55,9cm x 37,8cm / 6597 x 4460 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe female women woman people male man men historical country figure figures sex guy cup color brown decoration decorative Greek Greece antique Athens terracotta ceramic location ceramics century vessel intercourse HANDLE handles pottery artefact concept decorated artifact erotic attic erotica terra cotta sexual intercourse Drinking vessel Colour Athenian Ancient Greece Ancient Greek culture history historic 6th century BC black figure TGN container Applied Arts two handled Terracotta Heritage Art double handle cup vessel two handles droop cup Wraith Painter