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Drinking cup (kylix) with Dionysos and a satyr
Painter: Makron
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 490–480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Diameter: 28.1 cm (11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number13.67
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 139.
DescriptionInterior: Dionysos holding a kantharos and a vine, and a satyr pouring from an oinochoë. At the left the inscription "The boy is handsome" (HO PAIS KALOS).
The whole surrounded by a circle decorated with a meander.
Exterior painted black without decoration. Repaired and painted over.
The whole surrounded by a circle decorated with a meander.
Exterior painted black without decoration. Repaired and painted over.
InscriptionsHΟΠΑΙSΚΑLΟS
ProvenanceAccording to Caskey and Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, III, p. 31: from Vulci. Formerly in the possession of the Roman dealer, Basseggio; by date unknown: W. S. Bigelow Collection (loaned to MFA in 1877); gift of W. S. Bigelow to MFA, January 2, 1913