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Drinking cup (kylix) with a youth playing a drinking game (kottabos)
Greek
Classical Period
about 450–440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gold Appleton
Accession Number76.47
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionInterior: Youth reclining on couch, playing kottabos.
Exterior side A: Youth with staff, youth with lyre, bearded man.
Exterior side B: Bearded man, youth with lyre youth with staff. Illegible inscriptions.
[Label text]:
The exterior of this kylix depicts a symposium scene with men of varying ages enjoying music from a lyre. On the inside of the kylix, a young man is shown reclining on a couch, lifting his drinking vessel, possibly playing a drinking game.
Exterior side A: Youth with staff, youth with lyre, bearded man.
Exterior side B: Bearded man, youth with lyre youth with staff. Illegible inscriptions.
[Label text]:
The exterior of this kylix depicts a symposium scene with men of varying ages enjoying music from a lyre. On the inside of the kylix, a young man is shown reclining on a couch, lifting his drinking vessel, possibly playing a drinking game.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Thomas G. Appleton Collection (purchased from Alessandro Castellani and said to be from Capua); gift of Thomas G. Appleton to MFA, 1876