A boy is sitting with a cup (kotyle) in one hand and an implement in the other, evidently engaged in a finishing process. Perhaps he is removing the surplus clay after the handles have been attached; for the vase is as yet unglazed and is left in the red color of the clay, in contrast to the black kotyle and oinochoë on the stand close by.
8. Terracotta statuette of a potter in the British Museum.
British Museum, Guide to Greek and Roman Life (2d edition), 1920, p. 181, fig. 216.
Fig. 65. Potter building a vase
British Museum, Guide to Greek and Roman Life (2d Edition), p. 181, fig. 216
A man is represented in a crouching attitude apparently engaged in building a pot.
DECORATING THE VASES
1. Red-figured hydria in Ruvo.