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Drinking cup (kylix)
Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 510–500 B.C.
the Ambrosios Painter
Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece
Height: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.); diameter: 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.)
Ceramic, Red Figure
Inscriptions: "the boy is handsome" (P[AIS] [KALO]S)Classification: VesselsOn view in the: Early Greek GalleryCup Interior tondo composition: A small nude boy is fishing as he crouches on a rocky ledge. He holds a woven bag in his left hand, and has a fish on the line. There is also a trap, shown under water, probably for the octopus hiding behind the rock. Above is the inscription (probably reading): "the boy is handsome" (P[AIS] [KALO]S)
Exterior: Both sides show drunken satyrs cavorting. On one side, the satyr on the left holds aloft an amphora, while the one on the right balances a high-handled cup (kantharos) on his phallus. Above is the inscription KR[A]TES ELE[--]O, which may refer to the action of one of the satyrs, who is named Krates. On the other side two satyrs dance. The one on the right holds a drinking horn (rhyton). Above is an inscription which appears to say: E[-]KEA[-]SE, too fragmentary to decipher.
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonHenry Lillie Pierce Fund, 1901
Accession number: 01.8024Provenance/Ownership History: By date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon Collection; by 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
   
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