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Drinking cup (kylix)

Drinking cup (kylix)

about 510–500 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
FindspotVulci
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8057
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. LXXIX); by 1898: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Vulci (Gsell's excavation), from the same tomb as the Panathenaic amphora sent some time ago to Boston M.F.A. [99.520]); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy
the Three-Line Group
about 530-520 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Herakles and Apollo (side A) and Herakles and the Nemean Lion (side B)
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Herakles and Apollo (side A) and Herakles and the Nemean Lion (side B)
Group of Munich 1501
510–500 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos) with a maenad pursued by satyr
Drinking cup (skyphos) with a maenad pursued by satyr
the Lancut Group
late 6th/early 5th century B.C
Drinking cup (skyphos)
Drinking cup (skyphos)
the Lindos Group
late 6th century B.C.
Oil flask (alabastron) with a warrior
Oil flask (alabastron) with a warrior
the Group of the Negro Alabastra
about 490–480 B.C.
Pitcher (olpe) with Herakles in the bowl of Helios
Pitcher (olpe) with Herakles in the bowl of Helios
The Leagros Group
about 520–510 B.C.
Box (pyxis) and lid with Herakles stealing the Delphic tripod
Box (pyxis) and lid with Herakles stealing the Delphic tripod
The Group of the Oxford Lid
about 550 B.C.
Feeder in the shape of a mouse
Feeder in the shape of a mouse
Randazzo Group
about 450–410 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora)
Two-handled jar (amphora)
The Lotus Bud Group
about 480 B.C.
Two-handled jar (neck-amphora) with three youths on horseback (Side A) and two dancing youths between two sphinxes (Side B)
Two-handled jar (neck-amphora) with three youths on horseback (Side A) and two dancing youths between two sphinxes (Side B)
Polyphemus-Group
about 530 B.C.