Fragment of a Kylix by Onesimos in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Drinking cup (kylix)
Greek, Late Archaic or Early Classical Period, about 485–480 B.C.
Onesimos

Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece

Dimensions: Diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Classification: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 080.

Accession Number: 10.211

Interior: 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.

Inscription
Inscribed: "The boy is handsome" ([HO PA]IS KALOS)

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/drinking-cup-kylix-153937