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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a man and a warrior-acrobat
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles S. Lipson
Accession Number67.861
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVases
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 2, pl. 106, 1-3.
DescriptionOn each side, between two "eyes," an armored jumper upside-down before his companion or trainer. On one side, a mound under the jumper.
Interior: erased Gorgoneion - traces of incision visible.
Eye-Cup (Hybrid)
Interior: erased Gorgoneion - traces of incision visible.
Eye-Cup (Hybrid)
ProvenanceApril 4, 1966, anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 157, sold for £90 to "Harrison.". 1967, D. J. Crowther, Ltd., London [see note 1]; sold by Crowther to Charles S. Lipson (dealer), Boston; 1967, gift of Charles S. Lipson to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)
NOTES:
[1] D. J. Crowther, Ltd., Coins of the World, no. 1 (1967), cat. no. 9.
NOTES:
[1] D. J. Crowther, Ltd., Coins of the World, no. 1 (1967), cat. no. 9.