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Signed by Nikosthenes as potter. Painter akin to both the Epeleios Painter and the Nikosthenes Painter (Beazley).
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Attic red-figure kantharos with erotic scenes of young men and hetairai.
Date Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C.
Medium ceramic
Dimensions Without handles: height: 16.2 cm (6.3 in); diameter: 20.3 cm (7.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,16.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,20.3U174728
. With handles: height: 24 cm (9.4 in); width: 28 cm (11 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,28U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q49133
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95.61
Place of creation Athens, Greece
Inscriptions ΝΙΚΟΣΘΕΝΕΣ ΕΠΟΙΕ[Σ]ΕΝ on the edge of the base. Nonsense inscriptions on the body.
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