#drinking cup

Drinking vessel in the form of a woman, late 5th century.

"On the obverse, two lions stand confronted with their chests touching and their faces turned backwards towards the vessel’s handles. Each of the lions is rendered in black paint. Their manes, mouths, chests and bellies are all detailed with red paint, while the locks of hair along their necks alternate in color between red and black. Details of the lions’ anatomy are articulated with incisions. Their ferocity is implied especially by their open mouths, which display their large teeth and projecting tongues. On reverse, a complex interlocking lotus and palmette motif fills the entire pictorial field. The rim and handles of the vessel are decorated with thin linear bands. The lions and the lotus and palmette motif stand atop a red bounding line, below which is a pair of gridded lines and another red bounding line, which is in turn bordered by a ray pattern that emanates from the cup’s foot."

From the Met Museum

Mwdium: Ceramic, Red Figure

Because the trip to the Underworld was believed to involve a sea voyage, marine creatures, both real and imaginary, were often associated with death in Etruscan culture. Both hippocamps (sea horses) and kete (sea monsters) were presented in a positive light, often guarding the deceased or transporting them to the Underworld.

Lewis Hine, Power house mechanic working on steam pump, 1920 VS The Euergides Painter, Terracotta kylix, 510 B.C.

Josef Hoffmann, Drinking Set No. 238, Circa 1917 

I have bought this nice beautiful Frozen 2 drinking cup from the cinema while I was out! This movie is such a fun experience! 😊