Object Title
Drinking cup (kylix or cup-skyphos)
Measurements
h. (at handles) 7.4 cm; h. (at rim) 6.4 cm; w. (incl. handles) 12.2 cm; d. (rim diam.) 7.9 cm; foot diam. 4.4 cm
Creation Date
4th century B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD (jessica.powers@samuseum.org)
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/22590/drinking-cup-kylix-or-cupskyphos?ctx=2e2469e8-98a6-412b-a2c7-23c018516c39&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
sold by Moger Ancient Art to Charles Ede Gallery, London, 1974; sold by Charles Ede Gallery to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1976; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
Ede Gallery, General Catalogue 99 (Feb. 1975), no. 7
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has provenance established to 1974. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has no vessels of this type, and the cup fills a gap in the collection of South Italian ceramics.