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Fragment of a Kylix by Epiktetos with a Satyr in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Fragment of a Kylix by Epiktetos with a Satyr in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010
Drinking cup (kylix)

Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 510–500 B.C.

Epiktetos

Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece

Dimensions: Height: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Classification: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 006.

Accession Number: 10.212

All that remains of this kylix is the circular "tondo" of the interior, where a kneeling satyr drinks wine from a drinking horn (rhyton). The wreath and the tail are done in purple-red paint.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/drinking-cup-kylix-153938

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