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Kantharos
κάνθαρος
20 vases
A deep drinking cup with two high vertical handles rising above the rim. Particularly associated with Dionysus — the god is often shown holding a kantharos.
Function & Use
Drinking cup, sacred to Dionysus
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20 examples
Kantharos
7th–6th century BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
ca. 700–675 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup)
ca. 650–600 BCE
Kantharos
650–625 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (wine cup) with a satyr's mask on both sides
6th century BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
6th century BCE
Terracotta stemmed kyathos (single-handled cup)
ca. 575–550 BCE
Kantharos
2nd half of the 6th century BCE–early 5th century BCE
Terracotta stemmed kyathos (single-handled cup)
ca. 550–525 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles): two female heads
Attributed to the Brygos Painter
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ca. 490–480 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) in the form of the heads of Herakles and of a woman
Attributed to the Syriskos Painter
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ca. 470 BCE
Kantharos in the form of two heads
late 5th century BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
Attributed to Class W: The Class W: The Persian Class of Head Vases
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late 5th century BCE
Kantharos
Attributed to the Xenon Group
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ca. 400 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup)
ca. 330–300 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
Attributed to the Painter of Bari 5981
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ca. 325–300 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
ca. 325–300 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup)
Attributed to the Group of Vatican G.116
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ca. 300 BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup)
early 3rd century BCE
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup)
Attributed to the Group of Vatican G.116
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3rd century BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)