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Drinking cup (skyphos) depicting chorus scenes

about 520–510 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); diameter: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number20.18
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceSaid to have been in the Mongelli Collection; by 1890: Henry Adams Collection (loaned to MFA, December 19, 1890, as L. 1505); gift of the Heirs of Henry Adams to MFA, January 1, 1920
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