Large skyphos cup with band of laurel leaves around the rim
Maker: Signed by "Teisias the Athenian" as potter
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail
Geography: Made in Boeotia, Greece; found in Tanagra, Boeotia
Date: about 520-515 BCE
Period: Greek Archaic period
Dimensions:19.2 × 25.6 cm
Object number: 919.5.134
Credit Line: Sigmund Samuel Collection
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionThis large cup (skyphos) was made in Boeotia, as is shown by the clay and by the findspot, but is signed by an Athenian potter in the scratched inscription under one handle. Teisias was working away from home, probably at Tanagra, where this skyphos was found.
