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Kantharos (Wine Cup)
Kantharos (Wine Cup)
Red-figure
the Kantharos Group
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Kantharos
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about 300 BCE
<p>On either side of this drinking cup is a head in sakkos (hat), facing to the left, and under each handle a palmette. The rim is decorated with ovolos.</p>
Shape
Kantharos
Technique
Red-figure
Date
about 300 BCE
Culture
Greece
Painter
the Kantharos Group
Attribution
Attributed
Medium
terracotta, red-figure
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
1889.115
Image Source
chicago_cc0
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)