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.)
Other (With handles): 24 x 28 cm (9 7/16 x 11 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.61
On View
On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
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)
the BMN (British Museum Nikosthenes) Painter
about 540 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
