Terracotta one-handled kantharos (drinking cup)
Symposium (drinking party) of nine men
The symposium is in full swing. A flute player provides entertainment, and one guest joins in by strumming a lyre. Other guests hold various types of cups; everyone wears a wreath. Their cloaks hang on the wall. Food has been set on low tables before them.
The symposium is in full swing. A flute player provides entertainment, and one guest joins in by strumming a lyre. Other guests hold various types of cups; everyone wears a wreath. Their cloaks hang on the wall. Food has been set on low tables before them.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta one-handled kantharos (drinking cup)
- Artist: Attributed to the Class of the One-handled Kantharoi
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 500 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: 11 3/16 × 8 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (28.4 × 20.5 × 20.5 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1963
- Object Number: 63.11.4
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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