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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a mule
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Diameter: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.199
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 144.
DescriptionInterior:
Greek inscription on exergue in brown lettering "Laches is handsome" (LAXES KALOS).
Greek inscription in field at the edge of the tondo, "Nikostratos is handsome" (NIKOSTRATOS KALOS). The inscription begins above the donkey's foot, and its ears intervene between the letters Tau and Rho.
Exterior:
Undecorated.
Greek inscription on exergue in brown lettering "Laches is handsome" (LAXES KALOS).
Greek inscription in field at the edge of the tondo, "Nikostratos is handsome" (NIKOSTRATOS KALOS). The inscription begins above the donkey's foot, and its ears intervene between the letters Tau and Rho.
Exterior:
Undecorated.
InscriptionsInscriptions: "Laches is handsome" (LAXES KALOS); "Nikostratos is handsome" (NIKOSTRATOS KALOS)
LΑΧΕS ΚΑLΟS
ΝΙΚΟSΤΡΑΤΟS ΚΑΛΟS
LΑΧΕS ΚΑLΟS
ΝΙΚΟSΤΡΑΤΟS ΚΑΛΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: purchased by E. P. Warren from the Bourguignon Collection (according to Warren's records: bought from Bourguignon in Naples. From Orvieto); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)