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, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (CYPRIOT, IRON AGE)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
KANTHAROS (IBERIAN)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, XENON WARE)
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS, ONE HANDLED (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, RELIEF)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE)
Chalice or Kantharos Handle Fragment
n.d.
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
PENTHESILEA P
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MARLAY P
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Akin to EPELEIOS P by BEAZLEY
· -525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SHUVALOV P
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALEXANDRE GROUP by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
ALEXANDRE GROUP
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BRYGOS P
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CLASS H by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE)
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