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High-handled cup (kantharos)
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480–470 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.880
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe satyr has a an-shaped beard and pointed ears. Above the molded satyr head on the flaring cup are three figures: a girl and two youths. The girl looks at herself in a mirror, while the boys offer her flower buds. To right of a cylix held by the youth the Greek inscription "greetings" (XAIRETE). On the other side above the female head is a youth reclining on a couch. To right of the left youth's head the Greek inscription "handsome" (KALOS) and to left of the right youth's head the Greek inscription "handsome" (KALOS) in retrograde.
Condition: Repaired with minor restoration.
Condition: Repaired with minor restoration.
InscriptionsXAIRETE
KALOS in retrograde
Above Satyr:
ΧΑΙΡΕΤΕ
Above Woman:
ΚΑΛΟΣ
ΚΑΛΟΣ (in retrograde)
KALOS in retrograde
Above Satyr:
ΧΑΙΡΕΤΕ
Above Woman:
ΚΑΛΟΣ
ΚΑΛΟΣ (in retrograde)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Thebes: from Karditza); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)