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Drinking cup (kylix) with dueling warriors
Manner of: the Sotades Painter
Greek
Classical Period
mid-5th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8089
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionExterior side A: Warrior rushing with a spear at a fallen warrior, fallen to right on left knee.
Exterior side B: Same subject. The fallen warrior has fallen to left on both knees. Small parts of the drawing restored.
[Label text]:
On both sides of this drinking cup, a warrior attacks a fallen enemy.
Exterior side B: Same subject. The fallen warrior has fallen to left on both knees. Small parts of the drawing restored.
[Label text]:
On both sides of this drinking cup, a warrior attacks a fallen enemy.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901