Vases Kylix Drinking cup (kantharos)
Drinking cup (kantharos)

Drinking cup (kantharos)

Kylix · 720–700 B.C.
The entire interior is painted with slip. Two strap handles are decorated with vertical lines, zig-zags and hatched swastikas. The interior lip is decorated with X's alternating with sections of vertical lines. Exterior: below the lip a band with hatched meander. On the body, relief triangles have vertical chevron columns; pendant triangles and dots fill spaces. The bottom and foot are painted dark. There are a few chips in places.
Shape
Period
Late Geometric II Period
Date
720–700 B.C.
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 71.12 cm D: 72.14 cm
Medium
Ceramic
Findspot
Greece, Attica, Athens
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number
98.895
Image Source
boston_mfa
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)