Attic kantharos, ca. 715BC–700BC (Late Geometric), Louvre

A kantharos (Greek κάνθαρος) is a type of Greek pottery used for drinking. It is characterized by its high swung handles which extend above the lip of the pot. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1910x1630, 1909 KB) Description Description: Centaurs holding branches, Attic cantharus, ca. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1910x1630, 1909 KB) Description Description: Centaurs holding branches, Attic cantharus, ca. ... The Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest, oldest, most important and famous art galleries and museums in the world. ... Thanks to its hardy nature pottery bulks large in the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and because we have so much of it (some 100,000 vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum) it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of that society. ...