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Two-handled cup (skyphos) with pendant semicircles
Greek, Euboean
Geometric Period
800–750 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Euboea
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Diameter: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Diameter: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.76
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 225.
DescriptionDeep cup with low base, two loop handles and vertical lip. Decoration in black on red clay. Interior is solid black, except for reserved circle in center and reserved line just inside lip. Exterior has black glaze on lip, handles, lower part of body and base. Reserved panel on each side of body is decorated with two overlapping sets of seven concentric circles. Broken at lip.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)