Fragment of a Kylix with a Man Vomiting by the Brygos Painter in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Fragmentary drinking cup (kylix) with man vomiting

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

the Brygos Painter,

Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece

Dimensions: Length (max.): 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)

Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Classification: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 023.

Accession Number: 10.200

Within a meander border on the interior of a cup, a bearded man wearing a cloak (himation), a wreath, and holding a staff in his hand, bends over a bowl into which he is vomiting. The vomit is rendered in added purple, indicating the excessive wine he has drunk.

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