Drinking cup (kylix) with drunken revelers
490–480 B.C.
FindspotViterbo, Lazio, Italy (said to have been found near)
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Diameter: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in)
Diameter: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.27
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceAccording to Gerhard (Bull. 1830, p. 233) the vase was found by Pietro Saveri in a property of his, three miles from Viterbo; date unknown: acquired from the dealer De Dominicis by the Rev. J. and Mrs. [Elizabeth Caroline] Hamilton Gray; from 1855 to 1887: deposited with the Hamilton Gray collection in the Museum of Bethnal Green, London; 1887: acquired by A. van Branteghem; 1892: Hotel Drouot auction of van Branteghem Collection, May 30-31 and June 1, Paris, no. 52; purchased at the van Branteghem auction by 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)