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Drinking cup (kylix) with a reveler
Painter: Onesimos
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 485–480 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number10.211
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 080.
DescriptionInterior: A nude man with chin beard stands with his knotted staff in his right hand. With his left hand he holds one end of his himation which passes behind him and hangs on his right arm. Red fillets hang from his head. Two circles form the border. Inscribed: "The boy is handsome" ([HO PA]IS KALOS) (in retrograde)
Exterior: remains of five figures holding staffs, probably the revel after a symposium.
Condition: Fragment with head, not shown in photo, now fastened on, Dec. 16,1911.
Exterior: remains of five figures holding staffs, probably the revel after a symposium.
Condition: Fragment with head, not shown in photo, now fastened on, Dec. 16,1911.
InscriptionsInscribed: "The boy is handsome" ([HO PA]IS KALOS)
ProvenanceBy 1897: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: bought from Rome, January 4th, 1897); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)