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Jar (pelike) with a scene of athletic training
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–490 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of Arthur S. Dewing
Accession Number2004.74
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide B: A trainer wearing a cloak (himation) and wreath and holding a long stick; a flute-player wearing a long tunic and a wreath; and a man exercising with jumping weights. A discus (or ball) is below him. With his right leg he seems to be stepping up onto something, which could be more exercise equipment. All three are bearded. This may depict a scene of general conditioning rather than preparation for a particular event.
Side A: Woman with krotala between dancing man and man with wineskin.
Side A: Woman with krotala between dancing man and man with wineskin.
ProvenancePossibly from Rhodes [see note 1]. Before 1869, acquired by William Henry Forman (b. 1794 - d. 1869), Pippbrook House, Surrey; by descent, through his sister-in-law, Mrs. Burt, to his nephew, Major A. H. Browne, and in 1890 taken to Callaly Castle, Northumberland; June 19-22, 1899, posthumous Forman collection sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London lot 316, sold to Henry De Morgan (b. 1854 - d. 1909), New York; March 12-13, 1901, De Morgan sale, American Art Galleries, New York, lot 193. By 1954, Arthur S. Dewing (b. 1880 – d. 1971), Boston [see note 2]; by inheritance within the family; 2004, given by the family of Arthur S. Dewing to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 21, 2004)
NOTES: [1] According to the 1899 Forman catalogue. [2] First lent by Dewing to the MFA May 22, 1961 (loan no. 55.61).
NOTES: [1] According to the 1899 Forman catalogue. [2] First lent by Dewing to the MFA May 22, 1961 (loan no. 55.61).