Kylix with Dionysos by the Telephos Painter in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Drinking cup (kylix) with Dionysiac scenes
Greek, Early Classical Period, about 470–460 B.C.
The Telephos Painter

Place of Manufacture: Athens, Attica, Greece

Dimensions: Height: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); diameter: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Classification: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 157.

Accession Number: 95.30

Interior: Dionysos, holding a panther, walking to right and looking back at an altar. In field a flower and the inscription "handsome" (KALOI).

Exterior: Satyrs and bacchantes, three on each side. All wear leopard skins. Repaired with some restorations.

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