Drinking cup (kylix) depicting the goddess Eos abducting Kephalos or Tithonos
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 10.2 cm (4 in.); diameter: 32.6 cm (12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.28
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On viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have been found at Vulci, not later than 1835; acquired by the Roman dealer Basseggio, of whom it was bought by Herr Schlosser of Heidelberg in the winter of 1835-36; later in possession of Herr von Bermus at Stift Neuburg near Heidelberg; later still in Adolphe van Branteghem Collection; 1892: Hotel Drouot auction of Van Branteghem Collection, Paris, May 30 - June 1, lot 72; 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)
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
