Shape
Kantharos
κάνθαρος
1658 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
1658 examples
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
chalice; kantharos
KANTHAROS (ITALIAN IRON AGE)
KANTHAROS (ITALIAN IRON AGE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BROWN GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (VILLA NOVA)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, RELIEF)
KANTHAROS (CAPENA, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (CAPENA, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
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