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Drinking cup (kylix)
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480–470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in)
Diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8030
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 145.
DescriptionInterior: A youth wearing a short cloak (chlamys), and boots runs to the right. He also wears a pointed hat (pilos) with a chin-strap. Under the strap the beginnings of a beard (ioulos) is visible. He carries a spear, and has a sword strapped to him around his shoulder. Greek inscription "Lykos is handsome" (LUKOS [KAL]OS) in the field. The word LUKOS on one side of the youth's head, and the word [KAL}OS on the other.
Exterior is undecorated.
Condition: Repaired with large restorations.
Exterior is undecorated.
Condition: Repaired with large restorations.
Inscriptions"Lykos is handsome" (LUKOS [KAL]OS)
LUKOΣ [KA]LOΣ
LUKOΣ [KA]LOΣ
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