Kantharos (drinking cup) in the Form of a Satyr’s Head
Kantharos (drinking cup) in the Form of a Satyr’s Head
Place of OriginAttica, Greece
Date500-450 BCE
Dimensions5 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (15 × 9.3 × 5.8 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1917.134
Not on View
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Published References- Decorative Arts
Beazley, John D., Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, Oxford, 2nd ed., 1963, p. 1544, no. 6 (the entry describes this vase incorrectly as being janiform.)
Beazley, John D., Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 504.
Luckner, Kurt T., "Greek Vases: Shapes and Uses," The Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 15, no. 3, 1972, p. 80, repr. fig. 27.
Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A. fasc. 17, Toledo Museum of Art, 1976, pls. 57, 3 and 4, p. 37.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Beazley, J.D., "Charinos," Journal of Hellenistic Studies, London, 1929, vol. XLIX, part 1, p. 65.cf. Auktion XVIII Basel, Basel, Munzen und Medaillen, 1958, pl. 37, no. 117 (now ARV2 p. 1544, no. 12 - for a close parallel to the Toledo satyr's face on a Janiform satyr's head Kantharos).
about 550-525 BCE
Cypro-Geometric - Cypro-Classical (1050-310 BCE)
about 330-320 BCE
7th century BCE
Workshop of the potter Nikosthenes
about 520 BCE
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