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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a dolphin
Greek
Archaic Period
about 550–530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Cornelia Prime Lowell Fund
Accession Number24.451
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 095, 3-4.
DescriptionBlack figure Lip cup
Inside: leaping dolphin
Inside: leaping dolphin
ProvenanceBy 1924: with E. P. Warren ( (according to a January 26, 1925, letter from Frank Gearing with the following provenance provided by Warren: from Selinus); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren for $ 2,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 24.449 -24.453)