Kyathoi (the plural of kyathos) are small dippers with a single high-slung handle and low foot. This pottery shape was developed in the second half of the sixth century, most likely in the workshop of Nikosthenes, and may have been copied from Etrurian vessels. The development of the kyathos shape may be an example of Athenian potters targeting a particular market.
This Attic black-figure kyathos, ca.
550–540 BC, shows Dionysos and a maenad.
H. 5 ¼ in. (13.9 cm), Diam. 3 ½ in. (9.4 cm)
Louvre, Paris
Image Courtesy of Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons
This Attic black-figure kyathos, ca.
550–540 BC, shows Dionysos and a maenad.
H. 5 ¼ in. (13.9 cm), Diam. 3 ½ in. (9.4 cm)
Louvre, Paris
Image Courtesy of Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons