Siana cup

The shape remained popular later and was still being produced in large quantities during the era of the Little-Master cups.

Typical features include the clearly distinguished lip or rim, and the concave foot, which is taller than in Komast cups.

These were often framed by bands of flames or other ornamentation; the central image was frequently of a running human figure in a semi-crouched position.

Popular pictorial themes include symposia, komasts, cavalcades, duels, as well as athletic and mythological scenes.

At present, about 1,000 cups and fragments are known; a classification vital for their chronology and stylistic categorisation has been developed by Herman Brijder.