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"Lip cup" (kylix)

550–545 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); diameter: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.17
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ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsSides A and B: ΗΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΕSΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ
ProvenanceBy 1888: A. van Branteghem Collection (said to have been found at Gela [Terranova] in Sicily); 1892: Hotel Drouot sale of van Branteghem Collection, May 30-31 and June 1, Paris, lot 9; by 1894: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)