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Drinking cup (kylix)
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Findspot: Italy, Etruria, Vulci
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 7.6 cm (3 in.); diameter: 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.912
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 443.
DescriptionPale reddish clay, covered with dull reddish glaze, except for a band on line with handles. Below this line conventional decoration, with details in purple and white. Repaired with slight restoration.
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. XLIX); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: [one of the] Contents incomplete of an early VIth Cent tomb at Vulci [containing MFA vases 98.901-909, 912-914, 916, 920]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)