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Drinking Vessel with Banqueting Youths Kylix

This is a Kylix. It is dated 5th century BC and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is red-figured earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Unearthed in large quantities in eighteenth-century archaeological digs and avidly collected by Europeans, vessels such as this Greek Kylix had a profound influence on the forms and decoration of Western ceramics. (Treasures from the Collection, 2003)

This object was donated by Heirs of Beatrix Farrand. It is credited Gift of the Heirs of Beatrix Farrand.

  • Cup (Egypt)
  • olive yellow-green glass.
  • Gift of Rodman Wanamaker.
  • 1919-24-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 11 x 36.5 x 28.2cm (4 5/16 x 14 3/8 x 11 1/8in.)

Cite this object as

Drinking Vessel with Banqueting Youths Kylix; Greece; red-figured earthenware; H x W x D: 11 x 36.5 x 28.2cm (4 5/16 x 14 3/8 x 11 1/8in.); Gift of the Heirs of Beatrix Farrand; 1959-153-2

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