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Conservation Status: After Treatment

Drinking cup (kylix)

about 480–470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8030
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Lykos is handsome" (LUKOS [KAL]OS) LUKOΣ [KA]LOΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a mule
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a mule
the Antiphon Painter
about 480 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) with satyr fluting a column
Drinking cup (kylix) with satyr fluting a column
the Antiphon Painter
about 475 B.C.
Fragment of drinking cup (kylix) with man decorating a kylix
Fragment of drinking cup (kylix) with man decorating a kylix
the Antiphon Painter
about 480 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix)
Drinking cup (kylix)
Manner of Antiphon
490–470 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
Two-handled jar (amphora) with a libation scene
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Fragment of a loutrophoros depicting the preparations of a bride
Fragment of a loutrophoros depicting the preparations of a bride
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
430–425 B.C.
Two-handled jar (pelike) with actors preparing for a performance
Two-handled jar (pelike) with actors preparing for a performance
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Libation bowl (phiale mesomphalos) depicting men being entertained
Libation bowl (phiale mesomphalos) depicting men being entertained
the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
about 430 B.C.
Herakles (Red figure)
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Herakles driving a bull to sacrifice
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Achilles and Ajax
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Achilles and Ajax
the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
Mixing bowl (column krater) depicting Medea and Pelias
Mixing bowl (column krater) depicting Medea and Pelias
the Aegisthus Painter
about 470 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with the hunter Kephalos and his dog
Oil flask (lekythos) with the hunter Kephalos and his dog
the Pan Painter
about 470 B.C.