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, XENON WARE)
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS, ONE HANDLED (CYPRIOT, BRONZE AGE, RED POLISHED WARE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
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 (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN GEOMETRIC)
Chalice or Kantharos Handle Fragment
n.d.
Chalice or Kantharos Handle Fragment
n.d.
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AMPHITRITE P by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SOSIAS P
· -550 to -500
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS, ONE HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (LACONIAN)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-425 to -375
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-425 to -375
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, CAMPANIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (TEANO WARE, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN, RELIEF)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
Epiktetos
· -525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, ADDED COLOUR)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
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