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"Lip cup" (kylix)
Potter: Hermogenes
Greek
Archaic Period
550–545 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); diameter: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.17
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 092, 1-2; 093, 3.
DescriptionExterior: Sides A and B exhibit the same design. The design has three registers. In the center of the upper register a hen faces right with an open beak. The middle register contains the signature of the potter, 'Hermogenes made it' (HERMOGENES EPOIESEN). This area is in line with the base of the cup's handles and enframed by palmettes (one on either side). The bottom register is colored black.
Signed
HERMOGENES MADE IT
ΗΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΕSΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ
ΗΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΕSΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ
InscriptionsSides A and B:
ΗΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΕSΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ
ΗΕΡΜΟΓΕΝΕSΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ
ProvenanceBy 1888: A. van Branteghem Collection (said to have been found at Gela [Terranova] in Sicily); 1892: Hotel Drouot sale of van Branteghem Collection, May 30-31 and June 1, Paris, lot 9; by 1894: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)