Description
ITEM | Kyathos |
MATERIAL | Pottery, Bucchero-ware |
CULTURE | Etruscan |
PERIOD | 6th Century B.C |
DIMENSIONS | 110 mm x 146 mm |
CONDITION | Repaired |
PROVENANCE | Ex American private collection, acquired before 2000s |
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.