An Attic Red-Figured Kylix, Attributed to the Wedding Painter, Circa 470-460 B.C.

the tondo decorated with two himation-clad youths, one leaning on a staff, the exterior painted on each side with a woman holding a mirror between two youths, a palmette in each handle zone, the inscription, "Ho pais kalos" painted on the interior and exterior, details in added red.

Edward Wigan, acquired prior to the 1960s
The Folio Society, Ltd., London
English private collection, acquired from the above in 1966
Bonhams, London, October 6th, 2010, no. 86, illus.
acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Repaired from multiple small fragments with in-painting along joins, foot repaired from about seven fragments and reinforced through underside of foot and presumably into stem with a brass screw and washer, entire surface lacquered.
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In a 1966 letter, Robert M. Cook, then professor of Classical archaeology at Cambridge University, attributed this cup to the Group of the Penthesilea Painter.