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Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) in the form of the heads of Herakles and of a woman

Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) in the form of the heads of Herakles and of a woman

Red-figure Attributed to the Syriskos Painter · Kantharos · ca. 470 BCE

Kantharos in the form of two heads. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Purchase by subscription, 1896. Gallery 171.

Attribution History

Current

Met Museum catalogue

Attributed: Attributed to the Syriskos Painter

Source: met_import

Depicted Scenes

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Symposium

Daily life

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Herakles

Mythology

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Athena

Mythology

Bibliography

5 references

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum

Lang-Auinger, C. and Trinkl, E. (eds.), Griechische Vasen als Medium für Kommunikation. Ausgewählte Aspekte. Akten des internationalen Symposiums im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien, 5.-7. Oktober 2017. CVA Österreich, Beiheft 3 (Vienna, 2021) (2017) — 27, FIG.10 (COLOUR OF A)

Catalogues & Reference Works

Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 265.81, 1538.2

Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, 1st ed. (Oxford, 1942) (1942) — 199.2

Journal Articles

Journal of Hellenic Studies (1929) — 49 (1929) 56, FIG.12

Münchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst (1919) — 11 (1919) 14, FIG.22 (A)

Shape

Kantharos

Technique

Red-figure

Period

Classical