Attic black-figure lip-cup; put together from many fragments, no repainting; interior: reserved tondo with brownish-red ring, another ring inside lip; A-B: lip-zone, Theseus and the Minotaur; handle-zone: nonsense inscription; at each handle, upright palmettes.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Boeotia, Central Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Corinthian from Boeotia
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material) (ceramic: bf (attic))
Person depicted:
Theseus (Greek Hero)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Kylikes
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983) and S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983)