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Drinking cup (kantharos)

about 320–310 B.C.
Place of ManufactureApulia, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight with handles: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession number1978.1347
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Horace L. Mayer Collection; loaned by Horace L. Mayer to MFA, January 27, 1959 as 5.59; inherited by Mrs. Horace L. Mayer; gift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer to MFA, December 13, 1978 (as App. 1978.32); reaccessioned as 1978.1347, June 23, 1993
Drinking cup (kantharos)
The Kantharos Group
about 320–310 B.C.
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The A-B-C Group (The Winterthur Group)
330–320 B.C.
The Monash Group
about 360–350 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos)  with an amorous couple
Alabastra Group
about 330–320 B.C.
Mixing bowl (column-krater)
Sisyphus Group; associated with the Ariadne Painter
about 400–390 B.C.
Situla with an Amazonomachy scene
The Group of Copenhagen 2443
340–330 B.C.
Knob-handled patera
The Perrone-Phrixos Group
340–330 B.C.
Pitcher (trefoil oinochoe)
Pilos Head Group
about 340 B.C.
Amphora
The Black and White Stripe Group
360–350 B.C.
Phiale mesompholos
The Fluid Group
330–320 B.C.
Trick amphora
Clusium Group of Northern Etruria
370–350 B.C.