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

Drinking cup (kylix)

Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 490–480 B.C.

the Foundry Painter

Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece

Dimensions: Length: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Diameter: 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in)

Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Classification: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 027.

Accession Number: 13.95

Interior: An ithyphallic, balding satyr, with a horse's tail and human feet, wears leopard skin and carries a stalk of fennel, both common attributes of the followers of Dionysus, the god of wine. He dances to the right, with his head turned back. The Greek inscription: "Handsome!" (KALOS) written in retrograde script near the satyr's head.

Exterior: undecorated

Inscription: "Handsome!" (KALOS) (in retrograde by the satyr's head) ΚΑΛΟ[S] in retrograde by the satyr's head.

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/drinking-cup-kylix-153740