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kantharos
Object Type
kantharos
Museum number
1772,0320.153
Description
Pottery: Gnathian kantharos. Designs white, yellow, and purple on black ground. Low stem and short body. The handles end above in moulded heads with Phrygian caps. Interior: Within a border of rays and a purple ring is a female head to left, white, with yellow features, yellow hair, open cap, and necklace. Exterior, on either side: A female head to left, with curly hair and earrings; on either side of it is a tendril.
Cultures/periods
Western Greek
Production date
3rdC BC
Production place
Made in:
Egnatia
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Brindisi (town)
Materials
pottery
Ware
Gnathia
Technique
painted
slipped
Dimensions
Diameter:
12 centimetres
Height:
9.70 centimetres
Width:
17.40 centimetres
Curator's comments
BM Cat. Vases D'Hancarville, ii. pls. 39, 40.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(F593)
Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum
(1764)
Msc
(2021)
CVA British Museum 1 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 1, British Museum 1
(IV D c Pl. 4, 2)
Location
On display
(G1/wp166/sh11)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sir William Hamilton
Acquisition date
1772
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1772,0320.153
Conservation
Treatment
: 18 Jan 2003