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Drinking cup (kylix)

Drinking cup (kylix)

about 510–500 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
FindspotVulci
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8057
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. LXXIX); by 1898: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Vulci (Gsell's excavation), from the same tomb as the Panathenaic amphora sent some time ago to Boston M.F.A. [99.520]); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901
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Mug (oinochoe type 8B)
The A-B-C Group (The Winterthur Group)
330–320 B.C.
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
Miniature Panathenaic amphora
the Bulas Group
about 400–375 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the birth of Athena
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the birth of Athena
Group E
about 540 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy
Two-handled jar (amphora) with Gigantomachy
the Three-Line Group
about 530-520 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the Judgment of Paris and the recovery of Helen
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting the Judgment of Paris and the recovery of Helen
the Group of Würzburg 199
about 510–500 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Herakles and Apollo (side A) and Herakles and the Nemean Lion (side B)
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Herakles and Apollo (side A) and Herakles and the Nemean Lion (side B)
Group of Munich 1501
510–500 B.C.
Water jar (hydria) with the chariot of Achilles dragging the corpse of Hektor
Water jar (hydria) with the chariot of Achilles dragging the corpse of Hektor
the Antiope Group
about 520–510 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos) depicting chorus scenes
Drinking cup (skyphos) depicting chorus scenes
the Heron Group
about 520–510 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos) with a maenad pursued by satyr
Drinking cup (skyphos) with a maenad pursued by satyr
the Lancut Group
late 6th/early 5th century B.C
Drinking cup (skyphos)
Drinking cup (skyphos)
the Lindos Group
late 6th century B.C.
Oil flask (alabastron) with a warrior
Oil flask (alabastron) with a warrior
the Group of the Negro Alabastra
about 490–480 B.C.