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Fragmentary cup

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A fragmentary cup in the Vatican Museum and drawing from the cup by Sir John Beazley.

In the older black-figure technique, illustrated here, both the outline and inner detail are normally, as in this case, clearly visible, strictly rendering the drawings unnecessary.