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Drinking cup (kylix) fragment
Greek
Archaic Period
about 550–525 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Width x length x thickness: 2 x 2.5 x 0.2 cm (13/16 x 1 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Martin Robertson
Accession Number2007.438.7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFragment from a large lip cup from the area between the tondo and the rim. Black glaze on the interior and a small area of decoration on the exterior, perhaps part of the hindquarters and tail of an animal. May be from the same cup as 2007.438.1-6.
Provenance1930s, purchased in Athens by Martin Robertson (b. 1911 - d. 2004), London; 2007, bequest of Martin Robertson to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2007)