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Mug (oinochoe) with dancing satyr
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); diameter, 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.56
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 047.
DescriptionA bearded satyr dancing between two vases, an oinchoë and a krater. Above the figure is the Greek word "handsome" (KALOS).
[Label text]:
This one-handled mug depicts a satyr dancing between an oinochoe and a krater. The vases represented on this mug are much like others in this case.
[Label text]:
This one-handled mug depicts a satyr dancing between an oinochoe and a krater. The vases represented on this mug are much like others in this case.
InscriptionsΚΑΛΟS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: probably found at Orvieto); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)