Drinking cup (kylix) with satyr seated on a storage jar (amphora)

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Drinking cup (kylix) with satyr seated on a storage jar (amphora)

Onesimos

about 500 B.C.

Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece

Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure

DimensionsHeight: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); diameter: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution

Accession number10.179

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ClassificationsVessels

Collections

Ancient Greece and Rome

InscriptionsInscribed: "Leagros is handsome" (LEAGROS KALOS) in retrograde, "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATHENODOTOS KALOS); On the amphora: "Handsome" (KALOS) LΕΑΛRΟSΚΑLΟS, retrograde ΑΘΕΝΟΔΟΤΟS ΚΑLΟS ΚΑLΟS

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Bourguignon Collection in Naples; by 1910: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bourguignon: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)