Kantharos Miniature

3D Model

The term kantharos is of Greek origin and is used to indicate the cup from which wine was drunk.

The kantharos here shown has the characteristic open shape and very high and wide handles that rise well above the edge of the container.

It can vary in size and was used for liquids.

This speciment is miniaturistic: the miniature pottery has been read by scholars not only as a simple decrease in the real size of an object of daily use, but as an object of symbolic value created specifically to accompany the deceased man.

In the Etruscan, Latin and Greek world it was used for drinking and most likely it has the same function in the Picenes civilization.