Object Description

Greek Attic Two-Sided Relief Kantharos

Greek, Attic two-sided relief kantharos depicting the heads of Herakles and of a woman, ca. 470 B.C. 

Identification Date

Between Jan and May 2000

Identification Location

Jean Paul Getty Museum, California, US.

Artefact History

Before 1983

Four regular-print images in the Medici archive depict both sides of the kantharos on a pale cloth.

1983

Getty Museum acquires the kantharos, which takes the accession number 83.AE.218.

Between Jan and May 2000

Using the Medici regular-print images, Italian archaeologists Dr Daniela Rizzo and Mr Maurizio Pellegrini, identify the kantharos in the antiquities collection of the Jean Paul Getty Museum, California, US.

Artefact Status

Between 2006 and 2007

Between 2006 and 2007, the kantharos was repatriated to Italy from the Jean Paul Getty museum in California, US.