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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting athletic combats

about 490-480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.);
Diameter (without handles): 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number1972.44
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ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsInscribed: "Panaitios is handsome"(PANAITIOS KALOS), "Lykos is handsome" (LUKOS KALOS), "Handsome" (KALOS) (on discus bag, exterior), "The boy is handsome" (HO PAIS KALOS) (interior)
ProvenanceBy 1963: according to ARV, 2nd ed., p. 322, no. 37: Swiss Private; by 1972: with Dr. Leo Mildenberg, Bank Leu & Co., A.G., Bahnhofstrasse 12, Zurich, Switzerland (as ex Moretti Collection); purchased by MFA from Dr. Leo Mildenberg, February 9, 1972.