Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)

Greek, Attic

ca. 450–425 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

Impressed with horizontal wreath of palmettes.

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Title: Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 450–425 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze with stamped decoration
Dimensions: H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
width 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
diameter 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1980
Object Number: 1980.11.20
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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