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Kantharos (drinking cup)

Kantharos (drinking cup)

Artist/Maker
Date460–440 BCE
MediumCeramic ring-footed kantharos
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 × 5 5/8 × 4 in. (10.5 × 14.3 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Gordon Mitten (OC 1957) in memory of his parents, Joe Atlee Mitten and Helen Boyd Mitten
Object number2007.8.5
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceFrank L. Kovacs, San Mateo, CA;¹ purchased from Kovacs ca. 1989 by David Gordon Mitten [1935-2022], Cambridge, MA; by gift 2007 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH¹ ¹April 5, 2007 letter of David Gordon Mitten to Stephanie Wiles notes that Kovacs, formerly of San Mateo and at that point of Corte Madera, had acquired it along with several Roman glass vessels from Butterworth's Auction House, San Francisco, from an old San Francisco collection.
Collections
  • Ancient
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