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High-handled drinking cup (kantharos) with erotic scenes

about 520–510 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 16.2 x 20.3 cm (6 3/8 x 8 in.)
Other (With handles): 24 x 28 cm (9 7/16 x 11 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.61
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Nikosthenes made [it]" (NIKOSTHENES EPOIE[S]EN) ΝΙΚΟΣΘΕΝΕΣΕΠΟΙΕ[Σ]ΕΝ The inscriptions in the fields are meaningless.
ProvenanceDates unknown: said to be from Vulci; Durand Collection (catalogue, no. 662); Beugnot Collection (no. 12); Pourtalès Collection (no. 392); Eugène Piot Collection (no. 213); by 1892: A. van Branteghem Collection (Hotel Drouot auction of Van Branteghem collection, Paris, May 30-31 and June 1, lot 26); by date unknown: 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)
High-handled drinking cup (kantharos)
the Nikosthenes Painter
about 520–510 B.C.
Tondo
the Nikosthenes Painter
about 500 B.C.
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the BMN (British Museum Nikosthenes) Painter
545–540 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Theseus slaying the Minotaur
the BMN (British Museum Nikosthenes) Painter
about 540 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Achilles and Ajax
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
Lamp-filler (guttus) in the form of a satyr
second half of 4th century B.C.
Bucket (situla)
the Varrese Painter
about 350–340 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) with an artist painting a head
the Ambrosios Painter
about 510 B.C.