Drinking cup (kylix) with a satyr and a maenad

Detail: Interior

Greek

Archaic Period

545–540 B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure

Dimensions Height: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); diameter: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Otis Norcross Fund

Accession Number69.1052

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné CVA Boston 2, pl. 090, 1-2.

DescriptionLip cup.
Tondo: satyr and maenad dancing. Border of enclosed tongues.
Exterior: plain. Broken and mended.

ProvenanceSaid to be from Etruria. 1969, sold by Robert E. Hecht (dealer; b. 1919 - d. 2012) to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1969)