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Drinking cup (kylix) with kneeling satyr
Manner of: Douris
Greek
Late Archaic Period or Early Classical Period
about 470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
Diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in)
Diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number28.476
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 133.
DescriptionInterior: A nude kneeling satyr gesticulates before a high-handled cup (kantharos), which seems to be placed upon an altar or block. He wears a purple diadem. In the field are two ivy leaves and an inscription that reads, "Handsome!" (KALOS)
Inscriptions"Handsome!" (KALOS) (above the satyr)
ProvenanceBy 1928: Denman Waldo Ross Collection (said to be from the Parrish Collection; Cat. Sotheby July 5, 1928, pl. 2); gift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA, August 21, 1928