The Komast cup (also Comast cup) is a cup shape at the beginning of the development of

Attic An attic (sometimes referred to as a '' loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the ...

drinking cups. Komast cups were widespread especially in

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. Like other vase painters of the time, the Attic painters were under strong influence from Corinthian vase painting. The name is derived from the artists’ preferred theme, the ''

komos The Kōmos ( grc, κῶμος; pl. kōmoi) was a ritualistic drunken procession performed by revelers in ancient Greece, whose participants were known as komasts (κωμασταί, ''kōmastaí''). Its precise nature has been difficult to recon ...

'', a ritualistic drunken procession performed by revelers in ancient Greece, whose participants were known as komasts (κωμασταί, kōmastaí). This is a motif closely connected with

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vase painting. The typical hemispherical shape with an angled "offset" lip and a low foot of only 1–2 cm height was an Attic development.Beazley, Cups
/ref> The interior of the cups is black, only a narrow stripe or band below the lip is left in the base clay colour. The foot and the exterior of the handles are also black. The first specimens were quite large, but throughout the period of their production, the cups became gradually smaller. The most important painters of Komast cups formed the so-called Comast Group, with the KX Painter as its most significant member.

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Thomas Mannack Thomas Mannack (born in 1958) is a German classical archaeologist. Mannack obtained his Doctorate in 1992 with at the University of Kiel. The thema of his dissertation was ''Beazleys spätere und späteste Manieristen''. He is a specialist in ...

: ''Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einführung'', Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 108f. {{Commonscat, Komast cups Ancient Greek pot shapes