Description
ITEM | Kyathos |
MATERIAL | Pottery |
CULTURE | Greek, Daunian |
PERIOD | 6th – 5th Century B.C |
DIMENSIONS | 105 mm x 160 mm x 157 mm |
CONDITION | Good condition, repaired |
PROVENANCE | Ex German private collection, H.L., Rhineland, acquired before 2000 |
The Kyathos (from the ancient Greek κυαθος “ladle for wine”) is a Greek bowl-shaped glass with a high, rounded concavity and a characteristic high, elongated, vertical handle. It was used as a ladle to transfer the wine from the crater to the glasses. From the second half of the 5th century B.C. its production is very scarce.