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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting scenes from a symposium
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.); diameter 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8034
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 032.
DescriptionInterior: Man and youth on couch. Greek inscription in the field. Above the figures "The boy" (HO PAIS), below, " (is) handsome, (is) handsome" (KALOS, KALOS).
Exterior side A: Youths and men on couches with nude boys as pourers. Greek inscription "The boy is handsome" (HO PAIS KALOS) above the figures.
Exterior side B: Bearded man and two youths on couches. Greek inscription "The boy is handsome" above the figures (HO PAIS KALOS).
Exterior side A: Youths and men on couches with nude boys as pourers. Greek inscription "The boy is handsome" (HO PAIS KALOS) above the figures.
Exterior side B: Bearded man and two youths on couches. Greek inscription "The boy is handsome" above the figures (HO PAIS KALOS).
InscriptionsInterior: above - ΗΟΠΑΙS; below - ΚΑLΟS ΚΑLΟS
Exterior Side A: ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑLΟS
Exterior Side B: ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑLΟS
Exterior Side A: ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑLΟS
Exterior Side B: ΗΟΠΑΙS ΚΑLΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901