Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with two vertical handles): heads of a satyr and a woman

Aison|Class V: The Spetia Class of Head Vases

ca. 420 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Obverse and reverse, libation scenes The canonical kantharos was a drinking cup. This example is special because of the spout introduced into the woman's neck, a feature suggesting that the vase may have been used for offerings. The rendering of the satyr's head is impressively plastic, indeed sculptural.

Artist

Aison|Class V: The Spetia Class of Head Vases

Date

ca. 420 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1927