Sujet

Skyphos, 100-50 BC. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Skyphos, 100-50 BC. Cup with a Decorative Handle. Additional Info: One of a pair of skyphoi. The handles, designed to be held with the thumb, forefinger and middle finger have a horizontal, flaring plate on top with tight curlicues at the rim attachment. The lower attachments have elaborate cut-out designs featuring scrollwork and an ivy leaf. The rings have small, leaflike knobs on the outer face. The exterior profile of the skyphos is slightly incurving.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_409

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

38,9Mo (1,4Mo) / 40,6cm x 24,0cm / 4800 x 2831 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe historical country metal cup color Mediterranean decoration decorative silver Greek Greece antique location century vessel HANDLE handles artefact concept decorated artifact Drinking vessel Colour Ancient Greece Ancient Greek culture history historic 1st century BC skyphos TGN Unknown silver container Applied Arts two handled Heritage Art Vessels Eastern Mediterranean double handle two-handled two handles Skyphoi