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
kantharos
KANTHAROS (DAUNIAN, BLACK PATTERN)
KANTHAROS (DAUNIAN)
KANTHAROS (DAUNIAN)
KANTHAROS (PEUCETIAN)
KANTHAROS (CANOSAN)
KANTHAROS (CANOSAN)
KANTHAROS (CANOSAN, PLAIN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BUCCHERO)
KANTHAROS (ITALIOTE)
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-575 to -525
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SAINT VALENTIN VASES, CLASS OF
· -475 to -425
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
CLASS G by TUGUSHEVA
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-450 to -400
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
-525 to -475
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AMPHITRITE P by BEAZLEY
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AMPHITRITE P by BEAZLEY
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
AMPHITRITE P
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SHUVALOV P
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Nearchos
· -575 to -525
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
Nearchos
· -575 to -525
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
SAINT VALENTIN VASES, CLASS OF
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN)
KANTHAROS (DAUNIAN)
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
-450 to -400
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (HELLADIC)
KANTHAROS (HELLADIC)
KANTHAROS (SOUTH ITALIAN, GNATHIAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (ETRUSCAN, BLACK GLAZE)
KANTHAROS (UNCERTAIN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (BOEOTIAN 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)
Chalice or Kantharos Rim Fragment
n.d.
KANTHAROS, ONE HANDLED (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC, SILHOUETTE)
BF
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN GEOMETRIC)
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