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Mug (oinochoe) with youth dancing and girl playing pipes

Mug (oinochoe) with youth dancing and girl playing pipes

about 480 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsOverall: 8.1cm (3 3/16in.)
Other (H): 9cm (3 9/16in.)
Weight: 1 lb. (0.45 kg)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number00.339
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London W.C., England, auction of the Forman Collection, June 19-22, lot 361 (said to be from Locri and from the Hertz Collection, sale catalogue, lot 806); by 1900: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Hertz and Forman collections); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, February 1900
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the Brygos Painter
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the Brygos Painter
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Handle of drinking cup (kylix)
Handle of drinking cup (kylix)
the Brygos Painter
about 490–480 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete cleaning up and his dog
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the Brygos Painter
about 480 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) with Apollo
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the Brygos Painter
about 480 B.C.
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the Brygos Painter
about 490–480 B.C.
Cup in the shape of a donkey's head
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the Brygos Painter
about 480 B.C.
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the Brygos Painter
about 490–480 B.C.
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the Brygos Painter
about 490–480 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with a woman working wool
Oil flask (lekythos) with a woman working wool
the Brygos Painter
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the Brygos Painter
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the Phiale Painter (also known as the Boston Phiale Painter)
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