Skyphos with Dancer and Komast

This skyphos (large drinking cup) depicts a dancer and a komast (drunken reveler). The dancer lunges to the right with extended arms, while the komast stands in profile holding a skyphos. These scenes of festivity are fitting for this vessel, which was associated with the symposium (men's drinking party). This particular piece bears evidence of ancient repairs: several copper-alloy clamps-some now broken-were used to join the pieces of the damaged vessel, indicating the value of the skyphos to the owner even after it had lost its function of holding liquid.For the latest information about this object, Skyphos with Dancer and Komast, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.