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Drinking cup (kylix) with pentathletes

Drinking cup (kylix) with pentathletes

about 470–460 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 11 x 22 x 29 cm (4 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8033
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Handsome!" (on interior) (KALOS) On both sides of exterior above figures are fragmentary inscriptions: Side A: ...N..N..[-]...N.. Side B: KALO..P..N Interior: ΚΑLΟS Exterior Side A: ...N..N..[-]...N.. Exterior Side B: KALO..P..N
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]: Santa Maria [di Capua]); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting the goddess Eos abducting Kephalos or Tithonos
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting the goddess Eos abducting Kephalos or Tithonos
the Telephos Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) with Dionysiac scenes
Drinking cup (kylix) with Dionysiac scenes
the Telephos Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) with Telephos at the palace of Agamemnon
the Telephos Painter
470–460 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a maiden
Oil flask (lekythos) with a maiden
the Telephos Painter
about 470–460 B.C.
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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)
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the Andokides Painter
about 525–520 B.C.
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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.