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Fragmentary drinking cup (kylix) with man vomiting
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 490–480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Length (max.): 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.200
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 023.
DescriptionWithin a meander border on the interior of a cup, a bearded man wearing a cloak (himation), a wreath, and holding a staff in his hand, bends over a bowl into which he is vomiting. The vomit is rendered in added purple, indicating the excessive wine he has drunk.
ProvenanceBy 1910: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Naples); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)