Red-figured kylix with deep bowl, offset lip, and flat foot. A shape intermediate between the kylix and the skyphos. ] [Illustration: Lekane, covered dish of uncertain use. It often appears in vase paintings of toilet scenes. ] DRINKING CUPS—KANTHAROS. [Illustration: Kantharos of black-figured type with offset lip and high curving handles. ] [Illustration: Kantharos with high foot, tall handles, and both bowl and lip forming a continuous curve. Perhaps one of the most beautiful shapes designed by the Athenian potters. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] DRINKING CUPS—SKYPHOS. [Illustration: “Skyphos,” a deep drinking cup with a flat foot and strongly curving handle. ] [Illustration: “Skyphos” or “Kotyle,” a deep drinking cup with flat foot and small horizontal handles. ] DRINKING CUPS—OTHER FORMS. [Illustration: Kyathos, ladle used for dipping wine from the krater into the drinking cups. ] [Illustration: Small cup with offset lip, two handles, and no foot. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] [Illustration: Small cup without handles. ] [Illustration: One-handled cup with offset lip and no foot. ] [Illustration: Phiale, shallow bowl with a central boss. This shape was used especially for libations. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] [Illustration: Mastos, so called because the shape resembles a woman’s breast. In the British Museum. ] [Illustration: Cup with two handles, one horizontal and the other vertical. ] [Illustration: Pinax, a flat plate. Note how well the decoration is adapted to the space. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] MOULDED VASES. The bodies of these vases were made in moulds in the form of human and animal heads while the mouths were shaped on the wheel. Such moulds, however, were not used for producing hundreds of identical vases, as nowadays. [Illustration: Aryballos in the shape of a negro’s head. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] [Illustration: Cup in the form of two female heads, back to back. ] [Illustration: Cup in the form of a Seilenos head. Owned by Albert Gallatin, New York. ] [Illustration: Cup without handles in the form of a woman’s head. ] [Illustration: Cup in the form of a cow’s head. ] [Illustration: Cup in the form of a horse’s head. ] [Illustration: Cup in the form of a ram’s head. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] [Illustration: Cup in the form of a mule’s head. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ] LEKYTHOS. Oil-jug. The narrow neck and deep mouth were designed to make the liquid flow out slowly. [Illustration: Early black-figured example with egg-shaped body and no distinct shoulder. ] [Illustration: Later black-figured type with high neck and shoulder distinct from the body. ] [Illustration: Black-figured lekythos with broad shoulder distinct from the body. ] [Illustration: