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Janiform drinking cup (kantharos)
Attributed to: the Syriskos Painter
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480–470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 18cm (7 1/16in.); diam.: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.37
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionVase in the form of two heads, one of a satyr with goat's ears, and beard; the other of a woman, of archaic type. Above each head, on the rim, a painted figure of a youth, reclining. Before the youth on the woman side is a large amphora with the Greek Inscription: "Handsome" (KALOS). Woman restored.
InscriptionsΚΑΛΟΣ
ProvenanceDate unknown: said to have been found in Capua, Italy; by date unknown: H. Hoffmann Collection; by 1888: with Hôtel Drouot (sale of H. Hoffmann Collection, Paris, May 28-29, 1888, lot 328); by 1892: van Branteghem Collection; 1892: with Hôtel Drouot (sale of van Branteghem Collection, Paris, May 30-31, June 1,1892, lot no. 260); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)