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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Herakles fighting Acheloos
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Herakles fighting Acheloos

Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Herakles fighting Acheloos

The Painter of Boston C. A.
about 575–550 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); diameter: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.519
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1898: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens Xmas '98. Said to come from Thebes, market for Boeotia.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1899, for
$ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
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