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Drinking cup (skyphos) with warriors dueling
Greek
Archaic Period, Middle Corinthian
about 600–575 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, black figure
Dimensions
Height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.14
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 475.
DescriptionSide A: Two warriors in combat; on either side a large human headed bird with spread wings.
Side B: Two lions vis-à-vis, heads full-front, separated by an elaborate palmette-lotus ornament.
Side B: Two lions vis-à-vis, heads full-front, separated by an elaborate palmette-lotus ornament.
ProvenancePurchased by Edward Perry Warren in 1894 (according to Warren's records: said to have been found at Corinth. 1889); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)