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Art Institute Chicago
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A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Kylix (Drinking Cup), about 460 BCE

Penthesilea Painter

A wide-mouthed drinking cup glazed in black with two handles extending from opposite sides.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 410-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

Black terracotta vessel, narrow at the bottom and wider at top, with a short lip, featuring a wide red band in the middle. This band depicts in black a procession of figures surrounded by vines, including a person on a donkey.

Mastoid (Drinking Cup), 500-480 BCE

Leafless Group

Shallow terracotta pan-like cup with black glaze, incised floral decoration at bottom, and handles on either side.

Stemless Kylix (Drinking Cup), 460-450 BCE

Ancient Greek

Terracotta cup with handles that appear tied in knots, a simple design around the middle, and a fluted section at the foot.

Kantharos (Wine Cup), 300-275 BCE

Ancient Greek

Black glazed terracotta vessel with a short, curved handle on one side. Visible cracks indicate fragmentary repair.

Mug, about 460 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of terracotta.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 450-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Kylix (Drinking Cup), 510-500 BCE

Epeleios Painter

Black bowl with a narrow red base and embossed elements in red, including a floral border at top and bottom and Chinese characters in the middle.

Lacquer Tea Bowl 乾隆禦制雕漆盞, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

A work made of terracotta, black-figure.

Mastoid (Drinking Cup), about 500-480 BCE

Caylus Painter

Cream-colored cup with a small round foot and a thin stem. Two thin arms flare up and out from mid-cup in a "V" shape and bend inward without reconnecting to the cup. The cup's opening tapers in before flaring out again at the lip. Greek letters are inscribed on the cup between the arms and lip.

Kantharos (Wine Cup), 310-280 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Kantharos (Wine Cup), about 300 BCE

Kantharos Group

A work made of chrome-plated brass.

"Manhattan" Cocktail Set, Designed 1934–35; produced c. 1939–41

Norman Bel Geddes

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Kylix (Drinking Cup), about 480 BCE

Style of Douris

A work made of terracotta, black-figure.

Mastoid (Drinking Cup) with Handles, 500-480 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of terracotta, black-figure with applied paint.

Pelike (Storage Jar), about 510-500 BCE

Ancient Greek

Scene in a diner, viewed through wrap-around glass windows, at night on an empty urban street. A light-skinned man and woman, he in a suit and she in a red dress, sit together at a triangular wood bar, eyes downcast. At left sits another man, his back to the viewer. Behind the counter is a light-skinned man in a white uniform. The interior lights cast a yellow glow that spills onto the street in pale green. Above the diner a sign reads, "Phillies."

Nighthawks, 1942

Edward Hopper

A work made of terracotta, red-figure.

Column-Krater (Mixing Bowl), about 460 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of ceramic and pigment.

Drinking Vessel (Kero), 1100–1200

Inca

A work made of terracotta, black-figure.

Kylix (Drinking Cup), about 540-530 BCE

Ancient Greek