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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1935.87.23

Accession_Number

REDMG:1935.87.23

Shape

Kantharos

Shape_description

Two handles, all black and one either side which start at base of body and curl up and over, higher than mouth with small spurs at the base. Mouth has wide rim.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/4

Decoration

Handles all black. Mouth has wide rim, inside is all black but streaky. Reserved band under rim. Design is similar both sides and shows a woman's head facing left with ornate head dress and jewellry on in white and yellow added paint. Under handles on body is a red block between white lines with dots down originally. Stem is long and has a moulded band around centre. Foot has three steps all black (faded to red). Base is also stepped inside but reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Colours faded and black paint inside is streaky. Stem and foot faded or fired red to black.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Early Hellenistic

Date

325-300

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Trendall and Cambitoglou, 2.1014 and 2.1015.906-907, class this kantharos, as well as Reading RM.25.53.32, as 'associated in style with the Kantharos Group'.

Image

2003.27.0001.jpg	Kantharos, side view. Shows female head facing to left, with a fleur-de-lis above the head and below the chin.
2003.27.0005.jpg	Kantharos, front view.
2003.27.0006.jpg	Katharos, back view. Female head facing left, with cap closing at back.
2003.27.0007.jpg	Kantharos, back view.
2003.97.0839.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure kantharos, showing a female head profile to the left.
2003.97.0840.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian red-figure kantharos, showing the base, both the handles and part of the design on the body.
2004.13.0097.jpg	Back view (side B) of an Apulian red-figure kantharos, showing a female head profile to the left.
2004.13.0099.jpg	Back view (side B) of an Apulian red-figure kantharos, showing a female head profile to the left.