Campanian Red-Figure Kantharos
Primary
Unknown Greek-Boeotian
Place MadeBoeotia, Greece, Europe
NationalityGreek-Boeotian, Europe
Datecirca 430–420 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 6 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (13 × 17.5 × 12.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1988.29
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1988.29
On View
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A nude male with a spear reclines on a rock. Hanging in the background is a wreath. On the other side, Eros, the god of love, carries a fillet (hair band), possibly to give to the seated man. Two-handled cups of this shape were strongly associated with Dionysus, the god of wine, and were especially popular in the Greek region of Boeotia.
