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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an archer

Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 490 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number68.293
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionInterior: A standing warrior draws his bow and turns back to his right to shoot. He wears a helmet, tunic, quiver, and greaves. Shield and spear have been put down.
Exterior plain. Burned gray. Fragmentary.
ProvenanceBy 1968: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 12, 1968