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Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl
Greek
Late Classical Period
late 5th or early 4th centuries B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia ?
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7760
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionCaricature of Polyphemos, reclining. Holds a bowl in his left hand. Part of a group related to the Kabirion Sanctuary of Thebes.
Dark red on body. White slip well preserved. Badly incrusted. Feet repaired, with restorations behind.
Dark red on body. White slip well preserved. Badly incrusted. Feet repaired, with restorations behind.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris: said from Thebes); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901