Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an erotic scene of Eros and a youth
about 490–485 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.9 x 21 cm (3 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Other (Width with handle): 28 cm (11 in.)
Other (Width with handle): 28 cm (11 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.31
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Baxter Collection, Florence; by date unknown: A. van Branteghem Collection; 1892: Hotel Drouot auction of Van Branteghem Collection, Paris, May 30 - June 1, lot 67 (as found at Corneto); by 1894: with E. P. 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)
