Ancient Collection MfA Boston 0426
Painter: Hermaios Painter (attributed by John D. Beazley) Potter: Hermaios Greek Late Archaic Period about 520–510 B.C. Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens Medium/Technique Ceramic, Red Figure Dimensions Height: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); diameter: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.) Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900 Accession Number 03.844
CollectionsThe Ancient World ClassificationsVessels Catalogue Raisonné Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 010. DescriptionA youth in Thracian costume: animal-skin boots, chiton, embroidered chlamys, and hood with long lappets - riding a horse to left. Greek inscription in purple by the potter (beginning on the bottom edge of the tondo by the horse's front legs): "Hermaios made [it]" (HE[R]MA[IOS EPOIESE]N).
Condition: Cup was cut down to size of interior tondo. Part of that and of foot missing. Signed by the potter: "Hermaios made [it]" (HE[R]MA[IOS EPOIESE]N) Inscriptions"Hermaios made [it]" (HE[R]MA[IOS EPOIESE]N) ΗΕ[Ρ]ΜΑ[ΙΟS ΕΠΟΙΕSΕ]Ν ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903
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