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Drinking cup (skyphos)
Drinking cup (skyphos)

Drinking cup (skyphos)

1st century A.D.
Place of ManufactureTarsus, Cilicia, Turkey
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Lead Glazed
DimensionsHeight: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); diameter: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.).
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession number50.2292
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles Bain Hoyt Collection (according to his associate Burdon-Muller, the Hoyt "Greek & Roman glass and lead-glazed vases were all purchased from Kelekian and Kouchakji in New York"; bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt to MFA, May 11, 1950