Art Institute of Chicago
Kantharos (Wine Cup) in the Shape of a Female Head
Attributed to the London Class (Class G)
- 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
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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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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