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Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete with discus
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 35 cm (3 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Diameter of vessel: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Diameter of vessel: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.338
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 125.
DescriptionInterior: 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.
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.
Signed
Douris drew it (DORIS EGRAPHSEN)
Inscriptions"Douris painted it" (on interior) (DORIS EGRAPHSEN); "Chairestratos is pretty" (twice, on exterior) (XAIRESTRATOS KALOS)
Interior: ΔΟRΙΣΕΓRΑΦΣΕΝ
Exterior Side A: [ΧΑΙ]RΕΣΤRΑΤΟΣΚΑLΟΣ
Exterior Side B: Χ[ΑΙR]ΕΣΤRΑΤΟ[Σ]ΚΑLΟΣ
Under Foot: A... Y
Interior: ΔΟRΙΣΕΓRΑΦΣΕΝ
Exterior Side A: [ΧΑΙ]RΕΣΤRΑΤΟΣΚΑLΟΣ
Exterior Side B: Χ[ΑΙR]ΕΣΤRΑΤΟ[Σ]ΚΑLΟΣ
Under Foot: A... Y
ProvenanceBy 1878: Count Bruschi Collection, Tarquinia; by 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bruschi Collection); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900