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Drinking cup (kylix) with erotic scene
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay
Accession Number1970.233
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionCup interior tondo composition: sex scene: A bearded man bends over a woman with short hair (which may indicate her status as a slave). She braces herself on the stool in front of her which has lion-paw feet and various things piled on top of it, including her clothes. To the left is a couch (kline) which has an elaborately carved post with ionic volutes. An overstuffed striped cushion tops the kline.
Inscription "the girl is pretty" (HE PAIS KALE) above their heads, and 'Hold still!' (HEXE HESUXOS) issuing from the man's mouth.
Exterior is undecorated.
Inscription "the girl is pretty" (HE PAIS KALE) above their heads, and 'Hold still!' (HEXE HESUXOS) issuing from the man's mouth.
Exterior is undecorated.
Inscriptions"the girl is pretty" (HE PAIS KALE) (above their heads), and "Hold still!"(HEXE HESUXOS) (issuing from the man's mouth)
ΗΕΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΕ
ΗΕΧΕΗΣΥΧΟΣ
ΗΕΠΑΙΣΚΑΛΕ
ΗΕΧΕΗΣΥΧΟΣ
ProvenanceDecember 13, 1969, sale (auction 40), Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, lot 93, to Landon T. Clay, Boston; 1970, gift of Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 11, 1970)