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Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin
Painter: Douris
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8029
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 128.
DescriptionInterior: Nude youth washing at a laver. Repaired with slight restorations.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901