/internal/media/dispatcher/1495676/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDrinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete with discusabout 500 B.C.DourisPythonOverall: 9.5 x 35 cm (3 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Diameter of vessel: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)Ceramic, Red FigureHenry Lillie Pierce Fund00.3381Interior: Youth about to throw diskos. Jumping weights (halteres) hang in the field and a large pickax balances within the tondo behind the athlete. At left is a Greek inscription, "Douris painted it" (DORIS EGRAPHSEN).
Exterior side A: Three warriors fighting: middle one wears a sun-hat (petasos).
Inscribed in Greek: "Chairestratos is pretty" ([XAI]REST[RA]TOS KALOS).
Exterior side B: Three warriors fighting: middle one wears a helmet.
Inscribed in Greek: "Chairestratos is pretty" (X[AI]RESTRATO[S] KALOS).
Under side of foot has graffiti: letters alpha and upsilon.
Condition: Repaired with slight restorations.Vessels9.500000000015369101