On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Kylix (drinking cup) depicting Herakles and the Nemean Lion,
ca. 550–530 BCE
Greek, Attic
Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE
2011-22
Information
Title
Kylix (drinking cup) depicting Herakles and the Nemean Lion
Dates
ca. 550–530 BCE
Medium
Black figure ceramic
Dimensions
16.0 x 31.0 cm, diam. 23.5 cm (6 5/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2011-22
Place Made
Europe, Greece, Athens
Culture
Period
Subject
Formerly in the collection of Eric Sharpe, Winchester, UK by 1956; later in the Basel market, Münzen und Medaillen, AG; sold at Sotheby's, London, February 24, 1964; purchased by Philip Pearlstein, of New York, at Arcade Gallery, 28 Old Bond Street, London, December 31, 1970; purchased by the Museum in 2011 from Joseph Gerena, New York.
- J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-figure Vase-painters, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956)., no. 1
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Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Near Eastern antiquities, the property of Mr. James Osgood of Wayne, Maine, and other owners, (London: Sotheby & Co., 1964).
- Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek and Roman antiquities, also early Islamic pottery, (London: Sotheby, 1964). , lot 99
- J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-figure Vase-painters and Attic Red-figure Vase-painters (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971)., p. 117
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2011," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 71/72 (2012-13): p. 75-132., p. 93
