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Drinking cup (kylix)
Italic, Latin, Faliscan
Classical Period
375–350 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John James Dixwell
Accession Number76.828
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Vase-Painting in Italy (MFA), no. 158.
DescriptionPainted in Six's technique.
Interior: nude youth with a fillet and a mantle in his outspread arms.
Exterior: lower part of two draped facing figures on each side, palmettes and scrolls.
ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, #158 (76.828)
Kylix Fragment
Probably Faliscan
Attributed to the Sokra Group (Pianu)
375-350 B.C.
The decoration is in added red, with incised details in the figure.
Interior: A nude youth stands frontally, looking to his right. He holds a fillet in his right hand and a mantle in his left. He wears a headband. A stylized wreath composed of chevrons and dots and framed by double stripes surrounds the tondo.
A and B: On either side are the lower parts of two draped youths facing one another. There are palmettes and scrolling tendrils on the handle sides, between the pairs of figures. The groundline is a double stripe.
Interior: nude youth with a fillet and a mantle in his outspread arms.
Exterior: lower part of two draped facing figures on each side, palmettes and scrolls.
ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, #158 (76.828)
Kylix Fragment
Probably Faliscan
Attributed to the Sokra Group (Pianu)
375-350 B.C.
The decoration is in added red, with incised details in the figure.
Interior: A nude youth stands frontally, looking to his right. He holds a fillet in his right hand and a mantle in his left. He wears a headband. A stylized wreath composed of chevrons and dots and framed by double stripes surrounds the tondo.
A and B: On either side are the lower parts of two draped youths facing one another. There are palmettes and scrolling tendrils on the handle sides, between the pairs of figures. The groundline is a double stripe.
ProvenanceAccording to the MFA file card: probably deaccessioned from a public collection in Chiusi in 1875 and purchased by John James Dixwell; gift of John James Dixwell to MFA, 1876; accessioned by MFA, September 23, 1992