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Fragment of drinking cup (kylix) with man decorating a kylix
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure technique
Dimensions
Width (max.): 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8073
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 146.
DescriptionCup fragment, interior: A young man is seated on a stool, decorating a kylix. Holds a vial, probably a container for glaze, in left hand. An oil flask and a strigil hang on the wall in the background. A walking stick leans behind him.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901