Drinking cup (kylix) with Dionysiac scenes
about 480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsHeight: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); diameter: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse
Accession number00.499
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On viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceAccording to MFA records: found in fragments in April 1886, in the excavations of Riccardo Mancini in the necropolis at Orvieto. The fragments passed at once into the possession of Dr. Thomas Wilson of Washington, D.C., who was present at the time of their discovery.; by date unknown: purchased by Professor F. B. Tarbell; purchased by MFA from Prof. F. B. Tarbell with a portion of a gift of money by Mrs. Samuel Torrey Morse, 19000
