Kantharos (Wine Cup) in the Shape of a Female Head
Ancient Greek
-480
- Medium
- terracotta, white-ground and black-figure technique
- Dimensions
- 19 × 17.8 × 13.3 cm (7 1/2 × 7 × 5 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- drinking vessel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Greekdiningvesseldrinking vesselcontainerDrinkingancient artatticancientterracotta
About
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.
