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Drinking cup (kylix) with Dionysiac scenes
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number91.223
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 046.
DescriptionInterior: A satyr and a maenad who holds a thyrsus and a double flute.
Exterior side A: Two maenads and three satyrs,
Exterior side B: Two maenads and three satyrs. All the maenads wear wreaths of flowers.
Exterior side A: Two maenads and three satyrs,
Exterior side B: Two maenads and three satyrs. All the maenads wear wreaths of flowers.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to E. Robinson catalogue: purchased in Rome); Anonymous gift to MFA, November 1891