Red-Figure Sessile Kantharos (Drinking Cup) (Primary Title)
Skyphos (Alternate Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The sessile kanthoros is a drinking vessel with two low handles rather than the high, looped handles of the kantharos held by Dionysos on a nearby vase. South Italian drinking vessels decorated like this were modeled on Attic vases from the 5th century BC with similar decoration.
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
“The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 12 May-8 August 1982; Philbrook Art Center (Tulsa, OK): 20 November 1982-9 January 1983; The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI): 7 February-10 April 1983.
April 1981 (Fritz Bürki, Zurich); [1] purchased by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond; accessioned into VMFA collection May 13, 1981. [2]
[1] In the object file, there is an invoice from Bürki, which references this object, dated April 25, 1981.
[2] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration records.
[1] In the object file, there is an invoice from Bürki, which references this object, dated April 25, 1981.
[2] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration records.
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