Terracotta Kylix, Sketch 046

Sketch of the terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

E.T., martini up!

For a long time while I was sketching, I thought this looked like the aliens in Independence Day. When I added the flower, it started to look a bit like an opaque martini glass.

Terracotta Kylix (drinking cup) with flower, ca. 1300–1225 BCE

Terracotta Kylix (drinking cup) with flower, ca. 1300–1225 BCE

Sketch 046: Terracotta Kylix (drinking cup) with flower, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Greek Government, 1927

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