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Drinking cup (kylix) fragments

Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1971.675
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSix fragments.

Interior: Bearded man (Poseidon), seated on stool, holds trident in right hand, fish in left. He looks back over his right shoulder. Dilute glaze for drapery folds, inner fin of fish, thin band in hair. Inscribed: (add Greek) [Pedieus kalos]
Restored at Research Laboratory
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, November 12, 1965 (219.65); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 8, 1971