Kalathos
Kalathos (Greek), the lily-shaped work basket used by Greek women, made of different materials such as clay, wood, precious metal. He was used in various jobs. At the festivals of Athena , but especially at those of Demeter, the Kalathos had a symbolic meaning as Persephone's flower basket ; thereafter also the name of a similarly designed clay vessel and the cup-shaped capital body of the Corinthian column . It was also occasionally shown as a motif on the back of Alexandrian coins during the time of the Roman occupation of Egypt , mostly with ears of corn or poppy seed capsules protruding from it. These coins underline the importance of Egypt as a grain producer at the time.
In the porcelain production of the 18th and 19th centuries, a raised cup shape with a concave wall is called Kalathos. A characteristic, ribbon-shaped handle develops from the exposed rim of the cup. In classicism, this cup shape is a recourse to the ancient shape.
literature
- The new Pauly . Encyclopedia of Antiquity , ed. by Hubert Cancik u. Helmuth Schneider , Vol. 6, Metzler, Weimar and Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beatrix Freifrau von Wolff Metternich, Manfred Meinz : The Porcelain Manufactory Fürstenberg . A cultural history in the mirror of Fürstenberg porcelain. Ed .: Richard Borek Foundation and Foundation Nord / LB. tape 2 . Prestel, Munich / Berlin / London / New York 2004, ISBN 3-7913-2921-9 , pp. 504 .
