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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Peleus and Thetis

about 460–450 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.63
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsMeaningless inscriptions.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: said to have been discovered at Cervetri) (MFA file card: said to be from Corneto); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
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