Black-glazed Sessile Kantharos, Attic Greek, c. 450 – 425 B.C.
Terracotta
Height: 8 cm
Diameter: 9.2 cm
Width across the handles: 13.6 cm
Diameter: 9.2 cm
Width across the handles: 13.6 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Ticino, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.Literature
Compare B. A. Sparkes and L. Talcott, The Athenian Agora, Vol. XII, 'Black and Plain Pottery', Princeton 1970, pl. 27, no. 633.For a discussion on the development of the kantharos, with particular reference to the sessile form, read E. Mulder, Boeotia, Land of the Kantharos: Explanations for the high number of kantharoi present in the Archaic and Classical period in Boeotia, Leiden 2012, pp. 10-11.