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Geometric style skyphos
Skyphos with water bird motif, late geometric period, approx. 750 B.C.; side view with restoration
A skyphos is a wide shallow wine cup. This one was produced in Greece toward the end of the Geometric period. The form is believed to have been established in Corinth and later developed in Athens. Geometric period skyphoi may have handles shaped like solid thumb-holds or as loop handles.
Skyphos with water bird motif, late geometric period, approx. 750 B.C.; side view
Skyphos with Geometric patterns and water bird motif, late geometric period, approx. 730 - 750 B.C.; in the collection of the Louvre
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