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Drinking cup (kantharos)
Greek
Late Geometric II Period
720–700 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm (11 in.); diameter: 28.4 cm (11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.895
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 271.
DescriptionThe entire interior is painted with slip. Two strap handles are decorated with vertical lines, zig-zags and hatched swastikas. The interior lip is decorated with X's alternating with sections of vertical lines. Exterior: below the lip a band with hatched meander. On the body, relief triangles have vertical chevron columns; pendant triangles and dots fill spaces. The bottom and foot are painted dark. There are a few chips in places.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: purchased from Rhousopoulos who said it was found at the Dipylon); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)