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Kantharos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
320–280 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Glaze
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. to rim: 0.193 m., D (rim): 0.145 m., D. (foot): 0.075 m.
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara Deering Danielson
Accession Number1982.664
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSharply-profiled molded rim; tall wide concave neck; low ribbed body; high swung horizontal loop handles from shoulder; tall, ridged stem, molded stepped base. Undulating ivy vine in added clay (may originally have been gilded) around mid-neck. Broken and mended (upper section of stem was shortened in previous restoration).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles Deering Collection; by date unknown: Barbara Deering Danielson Collection; gift of Barbara Deering Danielson to MFA, December 8, 1982