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Drinking cup (kylix)
Painter: Skythes
Greek
Late Archaic Period
520–505 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Length: 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.201
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 120.
DescriptionFragment of kylix center.
A bearded and wreathed satyr pursuing a maenad, clad in a panther-skin. She raises her right hand to ward him off and holds a snake in her left hand.
Inscribed, "Epilykos"
A bearded and wreathed satyr pursuing a maenad, clad in a panther-skin. She raises her right hand to ward him off and holds a snake in her left hand.
Inscribed, "Epilykos"
InscriptionsInscribed, "Epilykos"
ProvenanceSaid to have been in the possession of the Roman dealer Martinetti, in or before 1896; by 1896: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought from Rome, March 1896); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)