Vases Red-figure Kantharos Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handl...
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
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Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)

Kantharos in the form of two heads. Greek, Attic. Classical. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1921. Gallery 171.

Attribution History

Current
Met Museum catalogue
Source: met_import

Depicted Scenes

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Bibliography

5 references
Books & Monographs
Oakley, J.H. (ed.), Athenian Potters and Painters, Volume III (Oxford and Philadelphia, 2014) (2014) — 67, FIG.10, PL.8 (NB, COLOUR OF NB)
Petit, T., Oedipe et le Cherubin, Les sphinx levantins, cypriotes et grecs comme gardiens d'Immortalite (Fribourg, 2011) (2011) — FIG.113 (NB)
Moret, J.-M., Oedipe, la Sphinx et les Thebains (Rome, 1984) (1984) — PL.16.1 (NB)
Catalogues & Reference Works
Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989) (1989) — 388
Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963) (1963) — 1550.6

Provenance

2 recorded events
Discovery
Anzi, Italy
bapd
First recorded
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Current location
Shape
Technique
Period
Classical
Date
late 5th century BCE
Culture
Greek, Attic
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Anzi, Italy
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Number
21.88.64
Image Source
met_cc0
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