Bronze kyathos (ladle)

Unknown

450–400 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

Small bronze and terracotta vessels of this Sant'Anatolia type are common in Etruscan tombs from about 450 to about 250 B.C. Often deposited in groups of three to seven of slightly different sizes, they were likely used to ladle wine from larger vessels or perhaps to measure water when mixing it with wine. Falerii (Civita Castellana) has been suggested as the location for the workshop that produced these kyathoi as well as the beaked jugs in this case.

Artist

Unknown

Date

450–400 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912