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Drinking cup (kylix) with erotic scene

about 480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay
Accession number1970.233
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"the girl is pretty" (HE PAIS KALE) (above their heads), and "Hold still!"(HEXE HESUXOS) (issuing from the man's mouth) ΗΕΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΕ ΗΕΧΕΗΣΥΧΟΣ
ProvenanceDecember 13, 1969, sale (auction 40), Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, lot 93, to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1970, gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 11, 1970)