Mastos
Mastos (plural: mastoi ; ancient Greek μαστός) is a drinking vessel from ancient Greece.
The mastos shape was developed in Corinth , from where it was also adopted by Attic potters. It was a popular form of drinking vessel, especially in Athens during the late Archaic period. Only a few Attic specimens have survived, all from the second half of the 6th century BC. Come from BC. Red-figure mastoi are very rare. They have the shape of a female breast with a nipple in the center, from which their name is derived. Mastoi usually have one vertical and one horizontal, sometimes two vertical, handle. The vessels are about 15 centimeters high on average. Pictures on mastoi mostly follow simple decoration schemes. The black-figure mastos painter was named after the shape . A mastos is shown hanging on the wall on a vase painting by the KX painter . A closely related form is the mastoid .
literature
- John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 204.
- Wolfgang Schiering : The Greek clay pots. Shape, purpose and change of form (= Gebr.-Mann-Studio-series ). 2nd, significantly changed and expanded edition. Mann, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-7861-1325-4 , p. 151.
