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Name/TitleLip-Cup

About this objectLip-cups were largely used for drinking wine. The potruding lip of the cup, from which it gets its name, was used to catch sediment in the wine as it was consumed.

This cup is covered in a thick black glaze and features an image in its centre of an Amazonian woman fighting two soldiers. The woman is painted with white skin, a common identifier for females in black figure painting. Red paint is added for detail. The scene is framed with black and white tongue detailing.

Date Madeca. 550 BC

PeriodArchaic

Place MadeGreece

Medium and MaterialsCeramic; Pottery

Style and IconographyBlack-figure

Style and IconographyAttic

TechniqueBlack-figure vase painting

MeasurementsHeight 140mm; Diameter 213mm.

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LinePurchased, 1953

Object TypeDrinking Vessels

Object number1.53