Attic black-figure skyphos cup showing men running
Maker: Attributed to the Pistias Class
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail
Geography: Made in Athens, Greece; findspot unknown
Date: end of the 6th century BC
Period: Greek Archaic period
Object number: 919.5.104
Credit Line: Sigmund Samuel Collection
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DescriptionOn both sides of this cup is the same scene of a man runing to the left between large palmettes. On one side the man is a clean shaven youth, and on the other side is a bearded mature man. Attributed to the Pistias Class of vases painters by Beazley.