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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete cleaning up and his dog
Greek
Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 7.8cm (3 1/16in.)
Other (H): 20.6cm (8 1/8in.)
Other (H): 20.6cm (8 1/8in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8038
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 028.
DescriptionInterior decorated with a nude youth holding a strigil; a dog looks up expectantly ; in the background, a stool with garment draped over it, and two javelins. Framed by a meander border interrupted by crossed panels . Inscribed along the left margin, behind the youth's back: "The boy" (HOPAIS), on the right, above the dog: "Is handsome" (KALOS).
Exterior undecorated.
Exterior undecorated.
Inscriptions"The boy is handsome" (on interior) "pais kalos"
ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑLΟS
ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑLΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901