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Skyphos with Dancer and Komast
(Ancient Greece )
This skyphos (large drinking cup) depicts a dancer and a komast (drunken reveler). The dancer lunges to the right with extended arms, while the komast stands in profile holding a skyphos. These scenes of festivity are fitting for this vessel, which was associated with the symposium (men's drinking party). This particular piece bears evidence of ancient repairs: several copper-alloy clamps-some now broken-were used to join the pieces of the damaged vessel, indicating the value of the skyphos to the owner even after it had lost its function of holding liquid.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Sale XVI, Basel, June 30, 1956, no. 132; Paul I. Ilton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Paul I. Ilton Collection Sale, Hans M. F. Schulman, New York, November 21, 1959, no. 637; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by purchase.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 12/5/1959 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 6/10/1987 | Treatment | other; coated; stabilized; cleaned; reconstructed; repaired |
| 4/15/2011 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 1/2 x Diam: 10 13/16 in. (13.9 x 27.5 cm) with handles; Diam. at mouth: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); Diam. at foot: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1959
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2121