Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of heads of Herakles and an African man

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Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of heads of Herakles and an African man

Artist: Attributed to Class M: The Vatican Class

Culture: Greek

Date: ca. 470 BC

Medium: Terracotta, red-figure technique

Dimensions:

height: 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm)

diameter of mouth: 5 3/16 in. (13.1 cm)

diameter of foot: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)

Credit Line: Lent by the Ministry of Culture of Italy

Object number: L.2023.22

Provenance: with Frederick Schultz (1954-), New York, by 1989; sold by Frederick Schultz to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991 [accession number 91.24]; deaccessioned in January 2022 for restitution to Italy

Published References H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, G.D. Scott, III, eds., “Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art” (San Antonio, 1995) pp. 250-2, no. 130

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Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of heads of Herakles and an African man

Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of heads of Herakles and an African man