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Apulian Red-Figure Kantharos

Apulian Red-Figure Kantharos

Red-figure KANTHAROS GROUP · Kantharos · about 330–320 B.C.
A: head of a woman in profile to left. She wears a radiate stephane; a sakkos with a pattern of white bands, crosses on a black background, and dots; a circular earring with drop pendant; and a single-strand necklace a of white over black dots. There is a dot-cluster below her chin and above her head. A long fillet with a ribbon at each end appears in the field in front of her head, an Ionic column behind.

B, as on A, but with a slight variation in the earring and without the dot-cluster below her chin.

Lower part of stem and foot are missing. Deep bowl with flaring mouth. Concave strap handles looped at top, with small spur about one-third above their join to bowl, where there is reserved area.

After Jentoft-Nilsen, M. R. and Trendall, A.D., CVA Malibu 3 (1990).
Shape
Technique
Date
about 330–320 B.C.
Culture
South Italian (Apulian)
Painter
Dimensions
H: 11.00 cm W: 18.50 cm D: 11.00 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
80.AE.118
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)