Drinking cup (kantharos) in the form of heads of Herakles and an African man
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 470 BC
Place made:Greece
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
Exhibition History: “Mediterraneo—Egipto, Grecia y Roma: Vidrio, Escultura y Relieves de la Antiguedad Clasica,” Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico, April 27-Nov. 7, 2004
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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