Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
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6th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
On each handle, a figure in relief This form of kantharos is related in shape to the kyathos. The kantharos is known in Attic pottery by 600 B.C., and it came to be specifically associated with the wine-god Dionysos.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 6th century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Etruscan
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, 1896
