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Drinking cup (kylix) with a battle between an Arimaspean and a griffin
Greek
Classical period
about 400 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8092
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionInterior: An Arimaspean on horseback fighting a griffin with an axe.
Exterior side A: Youth with staff, youth with strigil, female figure.
Exterior side B: Youth with staff, youth with diskos, female figure.
Some restorations.
Exterior side A: Youth with staff, youth with strigil, female figure.
Exterior side B: Youth with staff, youth with diskos, female figure.
Some restorations.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Naples.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901