Skip to main content
Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of a head
Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of a head

Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of a head

first or 2nd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Lead Glazed
DimensionsHeight: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); diameter: 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.).
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Accession number50.1744
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles Bain Hoyt Collection (according to his associate Burdon-Muller, the Hoyt "Greek & Roman glass and lead-glazed vases were all purchased from Kelekian and Kouchakji in New York"; bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt to MFA, May 11, 1950
Two-handled cup
30–1 B.C.
Pitcher (oinochoe)
25 B.C.–A.D. 10
Drinking cup (skyphos)
about 50 B.C.–A.D. 50
Drinking cup (skyphos)
1st century A.D.
Drinking cup (skyphos)
First century, probably 1–50 A.D.
Drinking cup (skyphos)
about 50 B.C.–A.D. 50