Terracotta Skyphos with Nike in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; red-figure

Culture: Greek, Attic

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 460 B.C.

Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 x 6 5/8in. (8.2 x 16.9cm); diameter 4 3/8in. (11.2cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1967

Accession Number: 67.11.23


Description:

Obverse, Athena with goose
Reverse, Nike (the personification of victory) with phiale (libation bowl) and bird

The goose was traditionally associated with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Here, a startled goose is addressed by Athena. The shape of the skyphos is a special variety with one vertical, one horizontal handle.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...