Miniature Skyphos

Unknown

6th century B.C.

Terracotta

J. Paul Getty Museum

A black and white image shows a small terracotta skyphos with two handles. The vessel is decorated with black painted motifs of a bird and abstract shapes. A small and deep footed cup. Inside, much of the black glaze has worn away. The exterior is decorated with hatch marks under the rim and the body is adorned with three birds and additional oblique marks in the field. These decorative elements are in black glaze, otherwise the vessel is reserved.