LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: kantharos

Title: Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) in the form of the heads of Herakles and of a woman Medium; Technique: Terracotta; red-figure Culture: Greek, Attic Period: Classical Date: ca. 470 B.C. Artist or Maker: Attributed to the Syriskos Painter; Attributed to the Vatican Class of Head Vases Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896 Accession Number: 96.18.77 Description: Obverse, Athena seated between two women Reverse, symposium (drinking party) Athena, flanked by two seated women who must also be deities, overlooks the head of her favorite hero, Herakles, identifiable by the lion's skin around his neck. This amusing cup would have enlivened drinking parties like the one shown on the other side above the female head. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) Period: Late Classical Date: ca. 325–300 B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1951 Accession Number: 51.11.10 Description: Obverse and reverse, griffins attacking a deer The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic period throughout the Mediterranean area. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death. The handles are ribbon-like and include so-called Herakles knots, a square knot symbolic of love and power in the ancient world. In the Roman Imperial period, Herakles knots were believed to heal wounds. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup) Period: Late Classical Date: ca. 325–300 B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1951 Accession Number: 51.11.10 Description: Obverse and reverse, griffins attacking a deer The subject of griffins attacking a deer has a long history and remained popular during the Hellenistic period throughout the Mediterranean area. It may be a symbol of the inevitability of death. The handles are ribbon-like and include so-called Herakles knots, a square knot symbolic of love and power in the ancient world. In the Roman Imperial period, Herakles knots were believed to heal wounds. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Rattling Wine Cup Greek, from South Italy, 400-300 BC Terracotta and gold Black-glazed kantharos Inventory # 86.AE.702 Metal vessels inspired several features of this terracotta cup: the high foot, the sharply bent handles, the ridged rim, and the lobes on the lower body. The body of this cup was probably made in a mold. Decoration in gold includes a wreath encircling the vessel and garlands hanging from bucrania (skulls of sacrificial cattle). Stars fill the areas above the garlands, and a wave pattern runs below. The gold inscription on the rim indicates that the cup was given as an offering to Kastor and Polydeukes, the twin sons of Leda (a Spartan queen) and Zeus (king of the gods). The hollow rim contains two clay pellets that make a rattling sound when the cup is lifted or tipped. Text from the Getty Villa museum label.