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Drinking cup (kylix) with an artist painting a head
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height x width: 2 15/16 x 9 5/8 in. (7.5 x 24.4 cm)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number68.292
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionA young sculptor or apprentice in a workshop paints a small male head - behind him on a shelf a similar head, already painted, has been set to dry. These clay heads are most likely meant to be plastic (molded) vessels, such as drinking cups or oil flasks in the shape of heads, which are common. The exterior is undecorated.
Condition: burned gray. Fragmentary.
Condition: burned gray. Fragmentary.
ProvenanceBy 1968: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 12, 1968