Red-Figure Janiform Kantharos (Two-Sided Head-Shaped Drinking Cup): Satyr and African
c. 470–460 BC
Class K
Class K (The Toronto Class)
Greek and Roman Art
Red-Figure Janiform Kantharos (Two-Sided Head-Shaped Drinking Cup): Satyr and African, c. 470–460 BC. Assigned to Class K (The Toronto Class). Ceramic; overall: 19.6 x 17.2 cm (7 11/16 x 6 3/4 in.); diameter of base: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); diameter of rim: 15.3 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1979.69 Combining two mold-made faces beneath a pair of vertical handles and a flaring, wheel-made lip, this unusual drinking cup is a variation of the kantharos, a vessel favored by the wine god Dionysos. A snub nose and equine ears identify the satyr, a relatively common type on such vessels. The glossy black face and red hair on the other side are more unusual, apparently meant to show an older African man, with white beard and eyebrows, and wrinkles around the eyes. This janiform kantharos is unique in juxtaposing heads of a satyr and an African man.
- Maker/Artist
- Class K
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- ceramic
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.6 x 17.2 cm (7 11/16 x 6 3/4 in.); Diameter of base: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); Diameter of rim: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1979.69
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1979, The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (29 June-5 September 1982).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 102B Greek
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