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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a symposium
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510–500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8018
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 073.
DescriptionCup interior tondo composition: Two nude male figures seated on a couch. The one on the right plays double flutes. He has distinctive features: a receding hairline, sideburns, and a small mustache and goatee. The one on the left is younger: his beard is just coming in. He is leaning over on the couch (kline), and vomiting. A flute case hangs on the wall and boots are placed under the couch.
Greek inscription in the field: "Epidromos is handsome" (EPIDROMOS KALOS).
Exterior: Undecorated.
Greek inscription in the field: "Epidromos is handsome" (EPIDROMOS KALOS).
Exterior: Undecorated.
InscriptionsInscribed: "Epidromos is handsome" (EPIDROMOS KALOS)
ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΟS ΚΑLΟS
ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΟS ΚΑLΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon Collection; by 1901: purchased by E. P. Warren from Alfred Bourguignon (according to Warren's records: Bourguignon label [on the vase] Orvieto); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December, 1901