Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete with discus

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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete with discus

Douris

Python

about 500 B.C.

Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece

Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure

DimensionsOverall: 9.5 x 35 cm (3 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Diameter of vessel: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)

Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession number00.338

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On view

ClassificationsVessels

Collections

Ancient Greece and Rome

Inscriptions"Douris painted it" (on interior) (DORIS EGRAPHSEN); "Chairestratos is pretty" (twice, on exterior) (XAIRESTRATOS KALOS) Interior: ΔΟRΙΣΕΓRΑΦΣΕΝ Exterior Side A: [ΧΑΙ]RΕΣΤRΑΤΟΣΚΑLΟΣ Exterior Side B: Χ[ΑΙR]ΕΣΤRΑΤΟ[Σ]ΚΑLΟΣ Under Foot: A... Y

ProvenanceBy 1878: Count Bruschi Collection, Tarquinia; by 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bruschi Collection); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900