The vapheio cup is a piece of art from the Ancient Aegean. What I find interesting about it is the amount of detail in it; it must have been very difficult to make such intricacies stand out the way they do what with the technique of repousse being used. It also is only about 4.5 inches tall, making the details even harder to produce. What I don't like about it is that the handle looks bent although this may not be intended, and it's not solid gold, but lined with sheet gold. I'm not a big fan of gold to begin with. Regardless of what I see as negatives, it is still a very nice looking piece, and seems as if it is still functional. Aegean art in general is somewhat interesting to me, not as interesting as metal album art or Renaissance artwork, but is still a regional art style that I find somewhat worthwhile.
