Little Master Lip cup (Attic black-figure ware)
550 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
13.2 × 28.4 × 21.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1969
© Public Domain
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Attica, Greece
Inscription
inscribed on each side, under the female head in Greek script: (a row of meaningless Greek letters)
Accession Number
D118-1969
Department
Antiquities
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
A small, two-handled, stemmed cup decorated in the miniaturist style with a woman's head on either side of the lip; the head of a young woman in a red cap with lattice pattern (incised), red peplos, earrings and necklace. On the reserved band below the lip is a row of meaningless letters and a palmette tendril either side of the handles. The interior, handles, stem and base are black-glazed.