#Sculpture, Janiform (two-faced) black-figure kantharos, produced in East Ionia [c. 540 BC] #art
June 22, 2026 at 8:42 AM
#Sculpture, Janiform (two-faced) black-figure kantharos, produced in East Ionia [c. 540 BC] #art
The exquisite 'Cup of the Ptolemies', an utterly stunning kantharos carved from a single piece of sardonyx; decorated with Bacchic paraphernalia: ca. 50 BC - AD 50.
July 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The exquisite 'Cup of the Ptolemies', an utterly stunning kantharos carved from a single piece of sardonyx; decorated with Bacchic paraphernalia: ca. 50 BC - AD 50.
British Museum, London WC1B
Kantharos with a donkey head attachment Made in Athens about 520-500 BC
Decorated with Dionysiac scenes.
#reference #propreference #materialreference
Kantharos with a donkey head attachment Made in Athens about 520-500 BC
Decorated with Dionysiac scenes.
#reference #propreference #materialreference
May 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
British Museum, London WC1B
Kantharos with a donkey head attachment Made in Athens about 520-500 BC
Decorated with Dionysiac scenes.
#reference #propreference #materialreference
Kantharos with a donkey head attachment Made in Athens about 520-500 BC
Decorated with Dionysiac scenes.
#reference #propreference #materialreference
I'm a simple guy. I've always liked pots that look like people, whether an Etruscan head kantharos or a Picasso abstract pot
May 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I'm a simple guy. I've always liked pots that look like people, whether an Etruscan head kantharos or a Picasso abstract pot
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with vertical handles). ca. 450–425 BCE (The Met)
April 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with vertical handles). ca. 450–425 BCE (The Met)
🏺Ancient Greek Attic red-figure terracotta kantharos (drinking vessel) dated 470 BCE. The kantharos is in the shape of satyr’s head on one side and the other side is in the shape of a woman’s head (not visible in the photo). The British Museum. 📷 My own.
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
🏺Ancient Greek Attic red-figure terracotta kantharos (drinking vessel) dated 470 BCE. The kantharos is in the shape of satyr’s head on one side and the other side is in the shape of a woman’s head (not visible in the photo). The British Museum. 📷 My own.
This extraordinary Greek kantharos (or drinking cup) depicts a woman’s face, a typical motif for such vessels as well as plates and bowls. What’s most striking is the modern feel to the design and shape, like something for the first half of the 20th century.
🕰️c310BC
🏛️📷Walters Art Museum
🕰️c310BC
🏛️📷Walters Art Museum
August 20, 2026 at 7:13 AM
This extraordinary Greek kantharos (or drinking cup) depicts a woman’s face, a typical motif for such vessels as well as plates and bowls. What’s most striking is the modern feel to the design and shape, like something for the first half of the 20th century.
🕰️c310BC
🏛️📷Walters Art Museum
🕰️c310BC
🏛️📷Walters Art Museum
This beautiful, elegant silver kantharos (drinking vessel) depicts the death of Orpheus on this side the other shows the abduction of Helen.
🕰️c 420-410BC
🏛️📷Vassil Bojkov collection 🇧🇬
🕰️c 420-410BC
🏛️📷Vassil Bojkov collection 🇧🇬
September 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM
This beautiful, elegant silver kantharos (drinking vessel) depicts the death of Orpheus on this side the other shows the abduction of Helen.
🕰️c 420-410BC
🏛️📷Vassil Bojkov collection 🇧🇬
🕰️c 420-410BC
🏛️📷Vassil Bojkov collection 🇧🇬
Kantharos in the form of two heads. Late 5th century BCE.
December 7, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Kantharos in the form of two heads. Late 5th century BCE.
Kantharos https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.175
April 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Kantharos https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.175
Bas Relief after the antique Depicting Bacchus and Kantharos. 19th.century. Anonymous. marble.
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bas Relief after the antique Depicting Bacchus and Kantharos. 19th.century. Anonymous. marble.
The other side of the kantharos has the beautiful face of a maenad, a female follower of the god Dionysos. Her hair is tied with ribbons decorated with flowers, and she wears a matching diadem with floral decoration. 🏺 3/
Tuscania, Peschiera necropolis.
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Tuscania, Peschiera necropolis.
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Janiform terracotta kantharos with satyr and maenad faces
This terracotta kantharos - a double-handled wine cup - is a janiform vessel, meaning it has two faces, back to back. Seen here is the beautiful face of a maenad, a female follower of the god Dionysos...
flic.kr
July 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The other side of the kantharos has the beautiful face of a maenad, a female follower of the god Dionysos. Her hair is tied with ribbons decorated with flowers, and she wears a matching diadem with floral decoration. 🏺 3/
Tuscania, Peschiera necropolis.
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Tuscania, Peschiera necropolis.
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For #MosaicMonday the mosaic in the so-called winter triclinium of the #Roman villa at Antandros. A kantharos and birds are depicted in the centre of the mosaic. The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region,... 🧵 1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
For #MosaicMonday the mosaic in the so-called winter triclinium of the #Roman villa at Antandros. A kantharos and birds are depicted in the centre of the mosaic. The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region,... 🧵 1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
Detail of an Athenian red-figure psykter (cooler) depicting a satyr balancing a kantharos on his penis, painted by Douris, c. 500-490 BC. British Museum
September 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Detail of an Athenian red-figure psykter (cooler) depicting a satyr balancing a kantharos on his penis, painted by Douris, c. 500-490 BC. British Museum
This side of the kantharos sports the leering face of a satyr with fleshy lips, a beard, horns emerging from his temple, and pointed ears. He also wears an ivy berry wreath. The bell of the cup is decorated with palmettes. 🏺 2/
Mid-4th c. BCE. #ETRU, Rome.
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Mid-4th c. BCE. #ETRU, Rome.
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Janiform terracotta kantharos with satyr and maenad faces
This terracotta kantharos - a double-handled wine cup - is a janiform vessel, meaning it has two faces, back to back. Seen here is the leering face of a satyr with fleshy lips, a beard, horns emerging...
flic.kr
July 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This side of the kantharos sports the leering face of a satyr with fleshy lips, a beard, horns emerging from his temple, and pointed ears. He also wears an ivy berry wreath. The bell of the cup is decorated with palmettes. 🏺 2/
Mid-4th c. BCE. #ETRU, Rome.
flic.kr/p/2snazaM
Mid-4th c. BCE. #ETRU, Rome.
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Despite its rough appearance, this transparent blue-green glass kantharos (cantharus) - a two-handled wine cup - is quite beautiful. Almost all surviving examples are pottery, with a few in metal, so a glass version is quite rare.
Roman, 1st c. CE.
MET Museum
Photo by Chapps
Roman, 1st c. CE.
MET Museum
Photo by Chapps
August 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Despite its rough appearance, this transparent blue-green glass kantharos (cantharus) - a two-handled wine cup - is quite beautiful. Almost all surviving examples are pottery, with a few in metal, so a glass version is quite rare.
Roman, 1st c. CE.
MET Museum
Photo by Chapps
Roman, 1st c. CE.
MET Museum
Photo by Chapps
#MosaicMonday - Mosaic depicting a theatrical mask and Dionysus attributes: thyrsus, kantharos, and panther with a tympanum. Dated 60–50 BC, later reused in the Imperial Palace at Hadrian's Villa and now incorporated into the 18th-century pavement of the Gabinetto delle Maschere, Vatican Museums.
September 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
#MosaicMonday - Mosaic depicting a theatrical mask and Dionysus attributes: thyrsus, kantharos, and panther with a tympanum. Dated 60–50 BC, later reused in the Imperial Palace at Hadrian's Villa and now incorporated into the 18th-century pavement of the Gabinetto delle Maschere, Vatican Museums.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Furry classicist: the cup is a late 6th century BCE Attic black figure kantharos with scenes of ithyphallic satyrs, currently in the British Museum (inv. 1876,0328.5). Also it's TF trigger and now you're a donkey, hee-haw 🫏🏺
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Furry classicist: the cup is a late 6th century BCE Attic black figure kantharos with scenes of ithyphallic satyrs, currently in the British Museum (inv. 1876,0328.5). Also it's TF trigger and now you're a donkey, hee-haw 🫏🏺
November 25, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Furry classicist: the cup is a late 6th century BCE Attic black figure kantharos with scenes of ithyphallic satyrs, currently in the British Museum (inv. 1876,0328.5). Also it's TF trigger and now you're a donkey, hee-haw 🫏🏺
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Furry classicist: the cup is a late 6th century BCE Attic black figure kantharos with scenes of ithyphallic satyrs, currently in the British Museum (inv. 1876,0328.5). Also it's TF trigger and now you're a donkey, hee-haw 🫏🏺
Detail of an Athenian red-figure psykter (cooler) depicting a satyr balancing a kantharos on his penis, painted by Douris, c. 500-490 BC. British Museum
May 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Detail of an Athenian red-figure psykter (cooler) depicting a satyr balancing a kantharos on his penis, painted by Douris, c. 500-490 BC. British Museum
And, yes, I should have been more specific. Although this kantharos looks Greek, it’s Etruscan. This shows the influence that the Greeks had on Etruscan culture.
July 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
And, yes, I should have been more specific. Although this kantharos looks Greek, it’s Etruscan. This shows the influence that the Greeks had on Etruscan culture.
For #MosaicMonday the mosaic in the so-called winter triclinium of the #Roman villa at Antandros. A kantharos and birds are depicted in the centre of the mosaic.
The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region, 2 km east of the town of Altınoluk, Turkiye.
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The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region, 2 km east of the town of Altınoluk, Turkiye.
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June 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
For #MosaicMonday the mosaic in the so-called winter triclinium of the #Roman villa at Antandros. A kantharos and birds are depicted in the centre of the mosaic.
The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region, 2 km east of the town of Altınoluk, Turkiye.
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The villa dates back to the 4th c. AD. Antandros is located in the ancient Troas region, 2 km east of the town of Altınoluk, Turkiye.
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🏺KYLIX and KANTHAROS
August 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🏺KYLIX and KANTHAROS
Kantharos or Karchesion https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.530
May 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Kantharos or Karchesion https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.530
An example of a highly valued vessel type known in Latin as 'vasa murrina': The Crawford Cup. A brilliantly colourful fluorspar kantharos, said to be from Roman Cilicia: ca. AD 50-100. #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: British Museum (1971,0419.1). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (1971,0419.1). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
November 24, 2024 at 12:55 PM
An example of a highly valued vessel type known in Latin as 'vasa murrina': The Crawford Cup. A brilliantly colourful fluorspar kantharos, said to be from Roman Cilicia: ca. AD 50-100. #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: British Museum (1971,0419.1). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (1971,0419.1). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...