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, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, SILHOUETTE)
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KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (BOEOTIAN, CABIRION WARE, BLACK-FIGURE)
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KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
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KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS, ONE HANDLED (ETRUSCAN, IMPASTO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCO-CAMPANIAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, IMPASTO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (VILLA NOVA)
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KANTHAROS (VILLA NOVA)
KANTHAROS (VILLA NOVA)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, RELIEF)
KANTHAROS (CAPENA, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (CAPENA, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK, SILHOUETTE)
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KANTHAROS (EAST GREEK GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
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