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Known as a kantharos and often associated with the wine god Dionysos and the hero Herakles, this type of two-handled drinking cup was particularly popular in Boiotia, a region of central Greece northwest of Athens. Also typical of Boiotia is simple black-figure silhouette decoration, without incision. Here and elsewhere, though, Boiotian vase-painters used red paint for additional detail; note the alternating tree leaves, lizard eyes and spots (on the right), and duck eyes.
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152312
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Black-Figure Kantharos (Drinking Cup): Lizards Flanking Tree (A); Ducks (B)
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152312
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object
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Black-Figure Kantharos (Drinking Cup): Lizards Flanking Tree (A); Ducks (B)
description
Known as a kantharos and often associated with the wine god Dionysos and the hero Herakles, this type of two-handled drinking cup was particularly popular in Boiotia, a region of central Greece northwest of Athens. Also typical of Boiotia is simple black-figure silhouette decoration, without incision. Here and elsewhere, though, Boiotian vase-painters used red paint for additional detail; note the alternating tree leaves, lizard eyes and spots (on the right), and duck eyes.
date
c. 500 BCE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79936601
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
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Greek, Boiotian
accession
1985.175
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Black-Figure Kantharos (Drinking Cup): Lizards Flanking Tree (A); Ducks (B), c. 500 BCE. Greek, Boiotian. Ceramic; diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); overall: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.); diameter of foot: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of JoAnn Harris, 1985.175
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
<em>Kantharos, </em>the Greek word for this type of cup, also refers to a dung beetle.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 1002948
citation
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (1986)
page_number
p. 62, no. 14
citation
Neils, Jenifer, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
p. 25, l. 59.8-9
creditline
Gift of JoAnn Harris
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2026-05-29 07:52:13.842000
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152312
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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