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Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin

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Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin

Painter: Douris

Greek

Early Classical Period

about 480 B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure

Dimensions Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund

Accession Number01.8029

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Daily Life in Ancient Greece Gallery (Gallery 212A-B)

CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 128.

DescriptionInterior: Nude youth washing at a laver. Repaired with slight restorations.

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901