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Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) Period: Classical Date: mid-5th century BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011 Accession Number: 2011.604.1.3489 Exterior, birth of Erichthonios: Athena receives the baby Erichthonios from the hands of the earth mother, Gaia Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/691930

Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) Period: Archaic Date: 520–500 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011 Accession Number: 2011.604.1.5891 Interior, frontal torso and splayed legs of a woman holding a dildo in each hand Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/703987

Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) Period: Archaic Date: 520–500 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011 Accession Number: 2011.604.1.5891 Interior, frontal torso and splayed legs of a woman holding a dildo in each hand Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/703987

Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) Artist: Attributed to the Tarquinia Painter [DvB] Period: Early Classical Date: 480–470 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011 Accession Number: 2011.604.1.6788 Interior, head and upper torso of woman wearing sakkos, with her bent right arm, raised, and her left hand in front of a cushion, reclining on a kline with a filleted male, resting against a cushion, with a himation draped around his left elbow, forearm, and lower body; in his left hand he holds a skyphos and in his right hand, a flower Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/713828

Title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup) Artist: Attributed to the Tarquinia Painter [DvB] Period: Early Classical Date: 480–470 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011 Accession Number: 2011.604.1.6788 Interior, head and upper torso of woman wearing sakkos, with her bent right arm, raised, and her left hand in front of a cushion, reclining on a kline with a filleted male, resting against a cushion, with a himation draped around his left elbow, forearm, and lower body; in his left hand he holds a skyphos and in his right hand, a flower Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/713828

Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup) Artist: Attributed to the Pan Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 470–460 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) diameter 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876 Accession Number: 76.12.7 Obverse, Theseus Reverse, the Minotaur Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/244858

Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup) Artist: Attributed to the Pan Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 470–460 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) diameter 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876 Accession Number: 76.12.7 Obverse, Theseus Reverse, the Minotaur Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/244858

Old nurse holding a baby Greek Early Hellenistic Period about 325–300 B.C. Medium/Technique: Terracotta Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (4 15/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.) Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution Accession Number: 01.7842 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Sculpture Description: Statuette of an old nurse holding a baby. White on flesh and cap of nurse, as well as on base; red on hair of nurse and baby; pale blue on chiton. Label text: The affectionate nurse was a character in the "New Comedy" of Menander, and his plays probably inspired figures like this. Provenance: By 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens: from Tanagra); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/151797/old-nurse-holding-a-baby

Old nurse holding a baby Greek Early Hellenistic Period about 325–300 B.C. Medium/Technique: Terracotta Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (4 15/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.) Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution Accession Number: 01.7842 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Sculpture Description: Statuette of an old nurse holding a baby. White on flesh and cap of nurse, as well as on base; red on hair of nurse and baby; pale blue on chiton. Label text: The affectionate nurse was a character in the "New Comedy" of Menander, and his plays probably inspired figures like this. Provenance: By 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens: from Tanagra); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/151797/old-nurse-holding-a-baby

Figurine of a seated girl with bag (phormiskos) of knucklebones Greek Hellenistic Period 300–250 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra Medium/Technique: Terracotta, Painted Dimensions Overall: 14 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm (5 1/2 x 2 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.) Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution Accession Number: 01.7841 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Sculpture Description: Little girl seated on a cubic block, holding a small bag in her right hand. The girl wears a short-sleeved chiton. Her long hair is curled at the sides and is braided on top leading to a knot at the crown of her head. A large, almost square vent hole takes up most of the back side of the block. Red-brown color is preserved on hair and bag, brown on eyes, red on lips, pink preserved on shoulders of chiton; traces of pink on chiton; white base layer well preserved over most of composition; gray-black on seat. The front of the plinth is broken off. The figure was fastened to a flat base plate before firing. Almost certain that the bag she carries in her right hand contains knucklebones. Children are often depicted clutching a sack filled with their knucklebones. Her hairstyle is known as the lampadion, or "little torch," because the piles resemble the flames of a torch. Provenance: By 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/151796/figurine-of-a-seated-girl-with-bag-phormiskos-of-knucklebo

Figurine of a seated girl with bag (phormiskos) of knucklebones Greek Hellenistic Period 300–250 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra Medium/Technique: Terracotta, Painted Dimensions Overall: 14 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm (5 1/2 x 2 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.) Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution Accession Number: 01.7841 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Sculpture Description: Little girl seated on a cubic block, holding a small bag in her right hand. The girl wears a short-sleeved chiton. Her long hair is curled at the sides and is braided on top leading to a knot at the crown of her head. A large, almost square vent hole takes up most of the back side of the block. Red-brown color is preserved on hair and bag, brown on eyes, red on lips, pink preserved on shoulders of chiton; traces of pink on chiton; white base layer well preserved over most of composition; gray-black on seat. The front of the plinth is broken off. The figure was fastened to a flat base plate before firing. Almost certain that the bag she carries in her right hand contains knucklebones. Children are often depicted clutching a sack filled with their knucklebones. Her hairstyle is known as the lampadion, or "little torch," because the piles resemble the flames of a torch. Provenance: By 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/151796/figurine-of-a-seated-girl-with-bag-phormiskos-of-knucklebo

Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin Painter: Douris Greek Early Classical Period about 480 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.) Credit Line: Henry Lillie Pierce Fund Accession Number: 01.8029 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 128. Description: Interior: Nude youth washing at a laver. Repaired with slight restorations. Provenance: By date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/118/drinking-cup-kylix-with-a-nude-youth-washing-at-a-basin

Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin Painter: Douris Greek Early Classical Period about 480 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.) Credit Line: Henry Lillie Pierce Fund Accession Number: 01.8029 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 128. Description: Interior: Nude youth washing at a laver. Repaired with slight restorations. Provenance: By date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/118/drinking-cup-kylix-with-a-nude-youth-washing-at-a-basin

Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin Painter: Douris Greek Early Classical Period about 480 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.) Credit Line: Henry Lillie Pierce Fund Accession Number: 01.8029 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 128. Description: Interior: Nude youth washing at a laver. Repaired with slight restorations. Provenance: By date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/118/drinking-cup-kylix-with-a-nude-youth-washing-at-a-basin

Drinking cup (kylix) with a nude youth washing at a basin Painter: Douris Greek Early Classical Period about 480 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Height: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.) Credit Line: Henry Lillie Pierce Fund Accession Number: 01.8029 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 128. Description: Interior: Nude youth washing at a laver. Repaired with slight restorations. Provenance: By date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon collection; by 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought privately from the collection of Alfred Bourguignon. Bourguignon's label [on the vase to indicate provenience]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901 Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/118/drinking-cup-kylix-with-a-nude-youth-washing-at-a-basin

Drinking cup (skyphos) with the departure and recovery of Helen Painter: Makron Potter: Hieron Greek Late Archaic Period about 490 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Height: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.); diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); diameter of mouth: 27.8 cm (10 15/16 in.) Credit Line: Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 Accession Number: 13.186 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Visual vignettes of the beginning and end of the Trojan War decorate this skyphos, a form of drinking cup. An initial scene shows Paris (identified by his alternate name, Alexandros) arriving at Sparta to claim Helen as his bride. Helen was reluctant to leave her home, husband, and son (probably the small boy beneath one handle), until Aphrodite filled her with love-embodied by the tiny winged Eros close to her face-for Paris. Combining forces, Aphrodite veils Helen while Peitho (Persuasion) waves her on. Paris grasps Helen's hand, a gesture signifying both abduction and marriage, two concepts often conflated in the ancient world. This act began the war: Helen's husband Menelaos called on other Greeks, notably his powerful brother Agamemnon, to help him recover his wife. In the concluding scene, set in Troy during the fall of the city, a vengeful Menelaos finds Helen in the Sanctuary of Apollo. Once again, Aphrodite comes to Helen's aid, this time removing her veil so that Menelaos, overcome by her beauty, will drop his sword. The priest of the sanctuary, Chryses, and his daughter, Chryseis, witness the action, as does Priam, the king of Troy, who is seated under the handle at the right. These supporting characters flesh out additional details of the conflict: Priam, too old to fight, watched many of the battles from the city's walls, and Chryses and Chryseis figure prominently in the first book of Homer's Iliad, bringing both plague and internal conflict to the Greek forces. The artist responsible for this beautiful and complex rendering of the framing episodes of the Trojan conflict was Makron, one of the most influential red-figure painters in early fifth-century-B.C. Athens. He was exceptionally prolific, with more than six hundred extant vases attributed to him, and he appears to have worked exclusively with one potter, Hieron. Catalogue Raisonné Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 140; Highlights: Classical Art (MFA), p. 061. Description: Side A: Paris (named Alexandros here) is leading Helen away from Sparta and the Palace of Menelaos. Aeneas, with a lion shield, accompanies Paris. Aphrodite and Eros flank Helen. Peitho, the personification of persuasion, follows behind Aphrodite. The boy under the handle is thought to be Helen's son by Menelaos. Side B: During the sack of Troy. Helen fleeing to the Sanctuary of Apollo. Menelaos, at the right, sees Helen and draws his sword to kill her. Aphrodite is behind Helen, present as an intervening force. Menelaos is in the act of dropping his sword, overcome by Helen's beauty. The priest of the sanctuary, Chryses, and his daughter, Chryseis are also present (at far left). Priam is seated under handle at the right, watching the story unfold. Painted inscriptions: "Aineas"; "Alexandros"; "Aphrodite" (twice); "Priam"; "Helen" (twice); "Kriseis"; "Kriseus"; "Menelaos" Scratched on handle: "Hieron made (it)" (HIERON EPOIESEN) Painted under the opposite handle: "Makron drew (it)" (MAKRON EGRAPHSEN) The size of this vessel suggests it was made for display, rather than use, and like huge kylikes (parade cups) of the same period which could not have been used for drinking. Signed Scratched on handle: "Hieron made (it)" (HIERON EPOIESEN) Painted under the opposite handle: "Makron drew (it)" (MAKRON EGRAPHSEN) InscriptionsInscriptions: "Aineas"; "Alexandros"; "Aphrodite" (twice); "Priam"; "Helen" (twice); "Kriseis"; "Kriseus"; "Menelaos", "Hieron "made [it] (HIERON EPOIESEN), "Makron painted [it]" (MAKRON EGRAPHSEN) Provenance: May 22, 1879, found next to a tomb at the necropolis of Suessula by Marchese Marcello Spinelli, Cancello, Italy [see note 1]; sold by Spinelli to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London and Rome; 1913, sold by Warren to the MFA for $18,948.70 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: January 2, 1913) NOTES: [1] F. von Duhn, "Scavi nella necropoli di Suessula," Bullettino dell'Instituto di corrispondenza archeologica 1879, p. 150. [2] Total purchase price for MFA accession nos. 13.186-13.245. Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/153876/drinking-cup-skyphos-with-the-departure-and-recovery-of-he

Drinking cup (skyphos) with the departure and recovery of Helen Painter: Makron Potter: Hieron Greek Late Archaic Period about 490 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Height: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.); diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); diameter of mouth: 27.8 cm (10 15/16 in.) Credit Line: Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 Accession Number: 13.186 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Visual vignettes of the beginning and end of the Trojan War decorate this skyphos, a form of drinking cup. An initial scene shows Paris (identified by his alternate name, Alexandros) arriving at Sparta to claim Helen as his bride. Helen was reluctant to leave her home, husband, and son (probably the small boy beneath one handle), until Aphrodite filled her with love-embodied by the tiny winged Eros close to her face-for Paris. Combining forces, Aphrodite veils Helen while Peitho (Persuasion) waves her on. Paris grasps Helen's hand, a gesture signifying both abduction and marriage, two concepts often conflated in the ancient world. This act began the war: Helen's husband Menelaos called on other Greeks, notably his powerful brother Agamemnon, to help him recover his wife. In the concluding scene, set in Troy during the fall of the city, a vengeful Menelaos finds Helen in the Sanctuary of Apollo. Once again, Aphrodite comes to Helen's aid, this time removing her veil so that Menelaos, overcome by her beauty, will drop his sword. The priest of the sanctuary, Chryses, and his daughter, Chryseis, witness the action, as does Priam, the king of Troy, who is seated under the handle at the right. These supporting characters flesh out additional details of the conflict: Priam, too old to fight, watched many of the battles from the city's walls, and Chryses and Chryseis figure prominently in the first book of Homer's Iliad, bringing both plague and internal conflict to the Greek forces. The artist responsible for this beautiful and complex rendering of the framing episodes of the Trojan conflict was Makron, one of the most influential red-figure painters in early fifth-century-B.C. Athens. He was exceptionally prolific, with more than six hundred extant vases attributed to him, and he appears to have worked exclusively with one potter, Hieron. Catalogue Raisonné Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 140; Highlights: Classical Art (MFA), p. 061. Description: Side A: Paris (named Alexandros here) is leading Helen away from Sparta and the Palace of Menelaos. Aeneas, with a lion shield, accompanies Paris. Aphrodite and Eros flank Helen. Peitho, the personification of persuasion, follows behind Aphrodite. The boy under the handle is thought to be Helen's son by Menelaos. Side B: During the sack of Troy. Helen fleeing to the Sanctuary of Apollo. Menelaos, at the right, sees Helen and draws his sword to kill her. Aphrodite is behind Helen, present as an intervening force. Menelaos is in the act of dropping his sword, overcome by Helen's beauty. The priest of the sanctuary, Chryses, and his daughter, Chryseis are also present (at far left). Priam is seated under handle at the right, watching the story unfold. Painted inscriptions: "Aineas"; "Alexandros"; "Aphrodite" (twice); "Priam"; "Helen" (twice); "Kriseis"; "Kriseus"; "Menelaos" Scratched on handle: "Hieron made (it)" (HIERON EPOIESEN) Painted under the opposite handle: "Makron drew (it)" (MAKRON EGRAPHSEN) The size of this vessel suggests it was made for display, rather than use, and like huge kylikes (parade cups) of the same period which could not have been used for drinking. Signed Scratched on handle: "Hieron made (it)" (HIERON EPOIESEN) Painted under the opposite handle: "Makron drew (it)" (MAKRON EGRAPHSEN) InscriptionsInscriptions: "Aineas"; "Alexandros"; "Aphrodite" (twice); "Priam"; "Helen" (twice); "Kriseis"; "Kriseus"; "Menelaos", "Hieron "made [it] (HIERON EPOIESEN), "Makron painted [it]" (MAKRON EGRAPHSEN) Provenance: May 22, 1879, found next to a tomb at the necropolis of Suessula by Marchese Marcello Spinelli, Cancello, Italy [see note 1]; sold by Spinelli to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London and Rome; 1913, sold by Warren to the MFA for $18,948.70 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: January 2, 1913) NOTES: [1] F. von Duhn, "Scavi nella necropoli di Suessula," Bullettino dell'Instituto di corrispondenza archeologica 1879, p. 150. [2] Total purchase price for MFA accession nos. 13.186-13.245. Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/153876/drinking-cup-skyphos-with-the-departure-and-recovery-of-he

Drinking cup (kylix) with Menelaos reclaiming Helen The Elpinikos Painter Greek Late Archaic Period about 500 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions: Length: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.) Credit Line: Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Gift of the Archaeological Institute, University of Leipzig Accession Number: 13.190 Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome Classifications: Vessels Catalogue Raisonné Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 007. Description: Center of a kylix. Interior: Menelaos reclaiming Helen; within a thin circle a bearded warrior, wearing cuirass and Corinthian helmet leading a woman, wearing chiton with kolpos, himation and veil, to left. He grasps her right wrist, looks back and brandishes sword in right hand. In the field at left the Greek inscription: "Elpi[nik]os is handsome" (Elpi[nik]os kalos). Ext.: Plain Inscriptions: ΕLΠΙ[ΝΙΚ]ΟS ΚΑLΟS Provenance: According to L. D. Caskey and J. D. Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, vol.1, p. 6, no. 7: From Cervetri.; by 1912: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, January 2, 1913, for $18,948.70 (this figure is the total price for MFA 13.186-13.245); in 1936 a fragment formerly in the collection of the University of Leipzig was joined to the MFA cup Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/153944/drinking-cup-kylix-with-menelaos-reclaiming-helen