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Drinking cup (kylix) with men and boys conversing
Painter: Makron
Greek
Late Archaic Period
490–480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number89.272
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 142.
DescriptionInterior: Youth and boy in long mantles and wreaths, conversing.
Exterior A and B: Twelve figures in groups of two each, each consisting of a man and boy conversing.
The surface has been painted over.
Exterior A and B: Twelve figures in groups of two each, each consisting of a man and boy conversing.
The surface has been painted over.
ProvenanceBy 1889: with Pio Marinangeli, Rome (said to be from Nola); March 1889: purchased by R. Lanciani from Pio Marinangeli; purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1889 BUT Caskey Beazley III, p. 40 gives Vulci as provenance as does Robinson catalogue no. 389.