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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting scenes of bathing and exercise
Greek
Classical Period
450–430 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.820
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionInterior: bathing place; basin (louterion) at left; nude youth with strigil, female gymnast seated. (Possibly Atalanta and Peleus). Because men and women generally did not exercise or bathe together in ancient Greece, this image can be interpreted as a mythological scene, showing Atalanta, the famous athlete, as she converses and bathes with Peleus, who she has just defeated in a wrestling match. It may also represent a scene from Spartan life, where young men and women did exercise together.
Exterior:
A: Between two draped trainers a nude athlete with jumping weights.
B: Between two draped trainers a nude athlete about to throw the diskos.
Shallow bowl, flat foot, poor varnish.
Exterior:
A: Between two draped trainers a nude athlete with jumping weights.
B: Between two draped trainers a nude athlete about to throw the diskos.
Shallow bowl, flat foot, poor varnish.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: The following objects [MFA 03.805-03.833, 03.836-03.837, 03.906] were found in one cemetery in Campania.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903