Black-figure Boeotian Kantharos

Culture: Greek/Boeotian

Period: mid 6th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 16.7 cm high

Price: 6 000 Euro

Ref: 2619

Provenance: Private collection London, acquired on 12 June 1967 from Sotheby's London, lot 129. Thence again with Sotheby's London on 8 December 1994, lot 196. With an old Sotheby's label. Last in an English collection.

Condition: Professionally reassembled from a few pieces. A shard added on the rim, otherwise very beautifully preserved.

Description: Finely worked out kantharos with black-figure painting and details in red. The image area on the body depicts a panther en face flanked by two grazing deer. The panther with raised tail and muscular body. The necks of the animals on both sides coloured in red. The kantharos with raised handles with a place to rest the finger on the lower part. The drinking vessel stands on a set off foot ring. The body broadens towards the top, does a bent and runs cylindrically towards the rim. From a Boeotian workshop.