Kantharos (Wine Cup) in the Shape of a Female Head

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Kantharos (Wine Cup) in the Shape of a Female Head

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Date
about 480 BCE
Medium
terracotta, white-ground and black-figure technique
Culture
Athens
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
40897

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This is an example of one of the most popular types of wine cup in ancient Greece, the kantharos. This particular cup takes the form of a woman's head, which is mirrored on the opposite side. Rising from a round foot, the woman's neck forms a wide stem, above which the cup flares out to a wide bowl with two handles on opposite sides.

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Museum Purchase Fund
Provenance
Eugène Piot (1812-1890), Paris; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 27-30, 1890, to Charles L. Hutchinson (1854-1924) and Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1890-1905; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1905.

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AAT300193015

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