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High-handled drinking cup (kantharos)

High-handled drinking cup (kantharos)

about 480–470 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsHeight: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.928
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Kalos"
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Tanagra); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
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Restricted: For reference only
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