Calenian Kylix with Head of Arethusa
c. 350-250 BCE
Description
The interior tondo of this black-glazed bowl is decorated with a relief medallion cast from a Syracusan Dekadrachm displaying the head of the nymph Arethusa.
Dimensions
H. 4.8 x D. 12 cm (1 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Private Collection, England. Private Collection, New York, (by 1993), sold; to [Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA (1993)], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.
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