The Kantharos — the God’s Own Cup
Aison, ca. 420 BCE
$270
Print check at 18 x 24 in: 161 dpi, good. Trimmed 3% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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A terracotta kantharos — the tall two-handled cup that is Dionysos’ personal attribute — formed as the heads of a satyr and a woman. A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work in The Metropolitan Museum (CC0), attributed to Aison. The house adds nothing; the line is the fifth century’s. Drink to the bottom and the two faces are all that is left. Every cup has two sides: the beast and the beauty.
- Maker
- Aison
- Date
- ca. 420 BCE
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00216
| Picture | 18 x 24 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 19.6 x 25.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 363 | Excellent | Trimmed 9.1% |
| 8 x 12 in | 333 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.4% |
| 11 x 14 in | 264 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.4% |
| 12 x 16 in | 242 | Excellent | Trimmed 3% |
| 12 x 18 in | 222 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.4% |
| 16 x 20 in | 181 | Good | Trimmed 9.1% |
| 16 x 24 in | 166 | Good | Trimmed 8.4% |
| 18 x 24 in | 161 | Good | Trimmed 3% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 20 x 30 in | 133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | 121 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | 111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 97 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,910 x 4,000 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 31, lights 219 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0.2% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 4.26
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