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
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KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
KANTHAROS (IBERIAN)
KANTHAROS (DAUNIAN)
KANTHAROS (MYCENEAN)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS GROUP
· -400 to -300
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE)
kantharos
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SAINT VALENTIN VASES, CLASS OF
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Douris
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
CLASS K by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-400 to -300
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, WEST SLOPE, BLACK GLAZE)
-400 to -300
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN)
-475 to -425
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, OUTLINE)
WG
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
BASKET (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
WG
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS, ONE HANDLED (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ONE-HANDLED KANTHAROI, CLASS OF
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
BARI 5981, P OF (Apulian) by TRENDALL
· -400 to -300
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (TEANO WARE, BLACK GLAZE)
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