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Drinking cup (kylix) with a man treading grapes
Potter: Pamphaios
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510–500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); diameter: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Cornelia Prime Lowell Fund
Accession Number24.453
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionInterior: Nude man in wine vat treading grapes. He clings to a strap above his head to steady himself as he smashes grapes in a great bowl (pithos). The juice ran out through a strainer into a storage jar below.
Along the top of vat the signature: "Pamphaios made [it]" (PANPHAIOS EPO[IESE]N)
The exterior is undecorated.
Along the top of vat the signature: "Pamphaios made [it]" (PANPHAIOS EPO[IESE]N)
The exterior is undecorated.
Signed
By the Potter: "Pamphaios made [it]" (PANPHAIOS EPO[IESE]N)
Inscriptions"Pamphaios made [it]" (PANPHAIOS EPO[IESE]N)
ProvenanceBy 1924: with Edward Perry Warren (according to a January 26, 1925, letter from Frank Gearing with the following provenance provided by Warren: from Vulci); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 4, 1924, for $ 2,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 24.449 -24.453)