Sujet

Attic Black-Figure Mastos, 520-500 BC. Creator: Psiax.

Légende

Attic Black-Figure Mastos, 520-500 BC. Wine Cup with a Female Musician. Additional Info: A young woman plays the double flutes on this black-figure mastos or breast-shaped cup. The other side of the vase depicts a woman flourishing a branch and an ivy sprig. These attributes, as well as the nebris or animal skin that she wears over one shoulder, identify her as a maenad, a female follower of Dionysos, the god of wine. A mastos was a drinking cup designed for use at a symposium. A relatively rare form produced by Athenian potters only in the later 500s BC, it provided a challenge to the drinker. The nipple at the base would not have provided a stable support, and any wine within would have to be consumed before the vessel was put down.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_404

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,0Mo (917,3Ko) / 29,8cm x 21,0cm / 3525 x 2475 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe female women woman people historical music arts country playing entertainment figure figures musician cup color brown decoration decorative Greek Greece antique Athens terracotta ceramic location ceramics century musical instrument musical instruments vessel HANDLE handles pottery artefact concept mythology roman mythology decorated flute flutes artifact attic terra cotta Drinking vessel Colour Athenian Ancient Greece Greek mythology Ancient Greek culture history historic 6th century BC black figure maenad TGN Bacchante container SYMPOSIUM Applied Arts two handled Terracotta playing an instrument Psiax Heritage Art double handle vessel two-handled two handles Bacchant mastos Mastos