Attic mastoid cup

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Attic mastoid cup
Attic mastoid cup
Datec. 550 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall (Height): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) Rim (Diam.): 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm) Diameter (Max.): 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.17
Not on view
DescriptionIvy and swans. Black figure.
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Drinking cup
Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases from the Hamilton College Collection and the J. Paul Getty Museum," March 14 - May 1, 1987 (cat. no. 59).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 43.
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Date: 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.25
Photograph by Dave Revette.
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Manner of the Haimon Painter
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
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Photograph by David Revette.
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
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Photograph by David Revette.
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Object number: 1943.143B
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Date: c. 330-300 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
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Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.26
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Medium: Terracotta
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Photograph by David Revette.
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Medium: Terracotta
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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Cup with handle
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.521