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Drinking cup (skyphos)
Painter: the Pantoxena Painter
Greek
Classical Period
about 440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
15.2 cm (6 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.224
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe head, right arm and left hand of a girl dancing. To left, the outstretched left arm of the second figure wearing a himation. Greek inscription between the parts of the two women horizontally (over the glaze) 'PANTOXENA KORINTHOI HOPIA KALAIS'. Inscription under the glaze 'PANTOXENA KORINTHOI KALE'.
InscriptionsΠΑΝΤΟΞΕΝΑ
ΚΟΡΙΝ(Θ)ΟΙ
ΗΟΡΙΑ
ΚΑLΑΙS
over the glaze
ΠΑΝΤΟΞΕΝΑ
ΚΟΡΙΝ(Θ)ΟΙ
ΚΑΛΗ
under the glaze
ΚΟΡΙΝ(Θ)ΟΙ
ΗΟΡΙΑ
ΚΑLΑΙS
over the glaze
ΠΑΝΤΟΞΕΝΑ
ΚΟΡΙΝ(Θ)ΟΙ
ΚΑΛΗ
under the glaze
ProvenanceBy 1910: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: from the Piraeus); 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)