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Source Description
A kyathos could be used as a dipper to serve wine out of a krater or it could have perhaps also been used as a drinking cup. Dionysos and a satyr are surrounded by grape vines and flanked by two large eyes. There is a siren in profile on either side of the high looping handle.
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Document identity
localId
29376
label
Kyathos with Dionysos and Eyes
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
29376
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kyathos with Dionysos and Eyes
description
A kyathos could be used as a dipper to serve wine out of a krater or it could have perhaps also been used as a drinking cup. Dionysos and a satyr are surrounded by grape vines and flanked by two large eyes. There is a siren in profile on either side of the high looping handle.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 6th-early 5th century BCE (Archaic-early Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
kyathoi
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.5
height
14
dimensionsRaw
H with handle: 4 15/16 × Diam with handle: 5 1/2 in. (12.5 × 14 cm); H without handle: 2 15/16 × Diam without handle: 4 1/8 in. (7.4 × 10.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
terracotta; black figure
creator_ids
6256
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none
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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b0182a822287dfb4
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no
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2
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photo
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5a33f218e22ecb60
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no
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3
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photo
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ac0af71b5cdf8d35
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no