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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting two satyrs

Greek
Archaic Period
about 520 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions Height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); diameter 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number10.651
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné CVA Boston 2, pl. 100, 5; 101.
DescriptionInterior black, red disk in center.
Exterior A: Two reclining satyrs masturbating.
B: Siren facing right. Her body is formed by a great eye. Wreath on hair.
Dog defecating under each handle.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Italy 1899); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, 1910