Janiform drinking cup (kantharos)
about 480–470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 18cm (7 1/16in.); diam.: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.37
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceDate unknown: said to have been found in Capua, Italy; by date unknown: H. Hoffmann Collection; by 1888: with Hôtel Drouot (sale of H. Hoffmann Collection, Paris, May 28-29, 1888, lot 328); by 1892: van Branteghem Collection; 1892: with Hôtel Drouot (sale of van Branteghem Collection, Paris, May 30-31, June 1,1892, lot no. 260); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
about 470 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
about 350–340 B.C.
about 510 B.C.
about 425 B.C.
480–450 B.C.
about 520–515 B.C.
550-725
about 540-530 B.C.