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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Kantharos (Drinking Vessel) with Female Head
(Ancient Greece )
Vase painters in Apulia developed two major styles: the Plain style characterized by simple decoration and few figures, and the Ornate style, which featured multi-figure colorful scenes, lavish ornaments, and intricate floral compositions. A large female head is a typical decoration for drinking vessels like this one, small-scale vases, cups, and plates created in the Plain style.
Provenance
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Horia Puscasiu [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikseville, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
Geographies
Italy, Apulia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
8 in. (20.32 cm);
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) (max. w.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marilyn and Herbert Scher, 2003
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2763
