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Kantharos

Kantharos · c. 500-450 BCE

Drinking cup with high strap handles. Bowl of the cup is joined to a high, trumpet-shaped foot with raised filet left in the reserve color of the clay. The underside of the foot is reserved, as is the side of the foot.

Shape

Kantharos

Period

Classical period, Early

Date

c. 500-450 BCE

Culture

Greek

Dimensions

H: 25.00 cm W: 14.20 cm

Medium

Terracotta with black gloss

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1994.128

Image Source

harvard

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)