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Red-Figure Janiform Kantharos (Two-Sided Head-Shaped Drinking Cup): Satyr and African

c. 470–460 BCE

assigned to Class K

(The Toronto Class)
Medium
ceramic
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Public Domain
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Location
102B Greek
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This janiform kantharos is unique in juxtaposing heads of a satyr and an African man.

Description

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.
A two-sided drinking cup features the face of a satyr, a man with horse ears, as the body, a cylindrical lip with black geometric patterns on orange extending from his head, flanked by two vertical, black handles. The satyr has medium-light skin tone, a fluffy black beard along his jaw, and a mustache and goatee the same color as his skin. His white, rectangular teeth press together and a white dot-speckled band extends across his forehead.

Red-Figure Janiform Kantharos (Two-Sided Head-Shaped Drinking Cup): Satyr and African

c. 470–460 BCE

Class K

(The Toronto Class)
Greek, Attic

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