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Kantharos (Italy)
This is a kantharos. It is dated late 7th–early 6th century BC and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Loopy
The ancient kantharos reminds me of a Mickey Mouse cap. But it is precise and elegant.
Was it used or too fragile? Was it expensive? Did you just go out and buy another one if some clumsy friend broke it during a boring dinner party?
Does it have a sense of humor or joy? Did humor ever inform the ancient objects that we take so seriously?
If i were drinking wine from the vessel maybe i would not be asking so many annoying questions.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Loopy and Exalted.
This object was
donated by
Ruth Vollmer.
It is credited Gift of Ruth Vollmer.
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- 2007-45-11
- Double-handled Vase (USA)
- glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
- 1984-84-33
Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Jar (USA)
- earthenware.
- Gift by transfer from U.S.I.A. Office of Exhibitions Abroad via Renwick Gallery.
- 1982-38-4
- Drawing, Design for a Silver Goblet: Woman in Greek Costume Holding Kantharos
- pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper.
- Gift of Donald Cameron.
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- stoneware (black basalt).
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-308
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 11.5 x 17.2 x 11.4 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Kantharos (Italy); earthenware; H x W x D: 11.5 x 17.2 x 11.4 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.); Gift of Ruth Vollmer; 1971-48-13
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Maira Kalman Selects.
