Eye-cup
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Eye-cup is the term describing a specific cup type in ancient Greek pottery, distinguished by pairs of eyes painted on the external surface.
Chalkidian black-figure eye-cup, circa 530 BC, Munich: Staatliche Antikensammlungen.
Dionysos on a boat, sailing amongst dolphins. Attic black-figure kylix by Exekias, circa 530 BC. Found at Vulci. Dionysus cup: Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich.
Outside of the Dionysus cup
Bilingual vase painting
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Bilingual vase painting is a special form of ancient Greek vase painting. The term, derived from linguistics, is essentially a metaphorical one; it describes vases that are painted both in the black-f
Eye-cup
…evil-averting) function. Eye-cups were painted by various painters, mostly in the black-figure style, but later also in the red-figure style. The earliest bilingually painted vases, those with both styles, include specimens of eye-cups with a black-figure interior and a red-figure exterior. The introduction of this bilingual type…
Heracles resting on a couch, black-figure side of a belly amphora by the Andokides Painter, circa 520/510 BC. Munich: Staatliche Antikensammlungen.
Red-figure side of the vase illustrated above, same subject