Object numberCC48.058
Apulian kantharos from South Italy
Date4th-3rd c BCE
Artist
Currently Unidentified
CultureGreek
MediumCeramic: terracotta
DimensionsSight: 7 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (18.89 x 16.51 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on viewPeriod4th c / 3rd c BCE
Classification(s)
Card: "JHS Groups-Cambidge LXXIV p. 111-121 pl. vd. Bought at de Morgan sale, New York, March 11, 1895. Old card: Apulian or Campanian Diota. Decorated with a female head on both sides the woman shows trait of the London 445 Kangharos Group. (All information by Martha Maquire). Female heads are a common decoration on vases of the last phase of development in the colonial Apulian School. The sources for such ladies in Apulian art may have been Corinthian bronze mirror covers from the early 4th c. The Cantharos, a drinking cup on an elevated foot, was generally made of metal as the high curving handles are not well-suited to ceramics. This cup is decorated with the characteristc female head on both sidees. Her eyelids and pupil are represented by one line which joins that of the eyebrow at the inner end. Her protruding reserved forelock and indication of mouth by a dot are specifically traits of the London - 445 Kantharos Group."
Terms
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Classical (Ancient European: Hellenistic: Roman)
3rd c BCE
Culture: Roman
