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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a man and a warrior-acrobat

about 530 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Charles S. Lipson
Accession number67.861
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVases
ProvenanceApril 4, 1966, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 157, sold for £90 to "Harrison.". 1967, D. J. Crowther, Ltd., London [see note 1]; sold by Crowther to Charles S. Lipson (dealer), Boston; 1967, gift of Charles S. Lipson to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)

NOTES:
[1] D. J. Crowther, Ltd., Coins of the World, no. 1 (1967), cat. no. 9.
Prehistoric
Drinking cup (kylix)
NY Band Cup Painter
about 550–530 B.C.
Vase
Jean Dunand
1925–30
Early 20th century
Yabu Meizan
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy
the Three-Line Group
about 530-520 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix)
The Group of Walters 48.42
about 510–500 B.C.