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Two-handled drinking cup (skyphos) with pygmies

Greek
Classical Period
Late 5th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.534
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 564.
DescriptionBoiotian (Kabirion); Side A: A pygmy offering a horn of wine to a goat.
Side B: A pygmy with a stick about to fight with a crane.
Vines and bunches of grapes are drawn around the lip of the vase.

Slightly restored.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)