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Detail: Interior
Drinking cup (kylix) with an athlete (interior) and Dionysos, maenads, and satyrs (exterior)
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510–500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 12.7 cm (5 in.); diameter 33.2 cm (13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.35
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionInterior: Young athlete running profile to right, face turned to left. Carries two javelins in his left hand, and in his right a jumping weight. Surrounding the figure a meaningless inscription.
Exterior side A: Dionysus mounted on a donkey, attended by three satyrs and two nymphs. One satyr runs behind, holding Dionysus' high-handled cup (kantharos) and a large wine-bag.
Exterior side B: Satyrs pursuing nymphs who look back; six figures. Meaningless inscriptions among the figures.
Etruscan letters incised on the bottom of the foot may refer to the price of the kylix on the market in ancient Italy or be an abbreviation of the owner's name.
Exterior side A: Dionysus mounted on a donkey, attended by three satyrs and two nymphs. One satyr runs behind, holding Dionysus' high-handled cup (kantharos) and a large wine-bag.
Exterior side B: Satyrs pursuing nymphs who look back; six figures. Meaningless inscriptions among the figures.
Etruscan letters incised on the bottom of the foot may refer to the price of the kylix on the market in ancient Italy or be an abbreviation of the owner's name.
InscriptionsMeaningless inscriptions (on interior and exterior)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (said to come from Italy); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)