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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a seated woman

Greek
Classical Period
about 440 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.791
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionWithout stem; thin ware; handles in part restored. Interior medallion in red figure technique; a woman seated to right.
[Label text]:
The interior of this white-ground kylix is decorated with a tondo in the more traditional red-figure technique.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens: said from Hermione.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903