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Detail from the interior of a red-figured cup with a reclining banqueter: GR.1.1927

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 21

Titles

Detail from the interior of a red-figured cup with a reclining banqueter

Maker(s)

Nikosthenes Painter

Entities

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Description

Cup, (A) javelin thrower, (B) long-jumper (I) symposium, man with drinking horn

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.34 m
Height: 0.125 m
Width: 0.421 m

Relative size of this object

42.1 cm12.5 cm1 mm What does this represent?

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Place(s) associated

  • Athens

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1927)

Dating

Archaic
-0520 BC - -0510 BC

Note

Red-figured

Components of the work

Interior Decoration Diameter 0.1 m

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.1.1927
Primary reference Number: 68955
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Saturday 15 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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