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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Theseus killing the Minotaur

late fifth century B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure technique
DimensionsDiameter: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number68.291
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1968: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 12, 1968
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