Satyr Drinking cup. Kylix with satyr seated on a storage jar (amphora). Circa 500 BCE.

Interior: Within tondo composition formed by a circular meander pattern, an ithyphallic satyr, with frontal body and frontal right leg, is seated on an overturned amphora. His ivy wreath and part of his impressive beard have been added in purple.

Inscribed in Greek: "Leagros is handsome" (LEAGROS KALOS) (in retrograde on the left), "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATHENODOTOS KALOS) (above and below the satyr's arm on the right); On the amphora below him: "Handsome" (KALOS).

Exterior is undecorated.

Exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, USA.

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Art Boston Museum of Fine Arts Ceramics Clay Kylix Mythology Original Photo Pottery Satyrs and Silens Sculpture USA