BG Mug Type B Collection_Adaptations known in antiquity as glaukes

known in antiquity as glaukes

A red-figure squat lekythos decorated with a tender domestic scene: a seated young woman

This vessel celebrates both artistic ingenuity and protective symbolism in early Athenian pottery

mid 5th cent

dating to the Late Cycladic I period

BG Mug Type B Collection_Adaptations known in antiquity as glaukesBlack glazed skyphos, Attic Type B, ca. 480450 BCE. An Attic Type B skyphos with thin walls, a low ring foot and two differently oriented handles: one vertical and one horizontal, both attached just below the rim. This asymmetrical arrangement distinguishes the form from the more common skyphoi furnished with two horizontal handles. The type appeared during the early fifth century BCE and is closely associated with the so called glaux, or owl skyphoi.