/internal/media/dispatcher/1124974/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMiniature wine jug (chous) depicting two boys boxingabout 425 B.C.Overall: 8 x 6.8 cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.)Ceramic, Red Figure techniqueCatharine Page Perkins Fund95.531Two nude youths engaged in a boxing match. Both youths wear wreaths on their heads. The scene is framed by two short columns/turnposts.
The turnposts indicate that the scene is set in the palaistra. The wreaths they were indicate that they might be taking part in a festival contest.
Small choes or wine jugs were given to children at the yearly festival of the Anthesteria at Athens for their first sampling of wine; as the child grew older, so too did the size of the chous increaseVessels8.000000000015380201