| Object Number |
MS403 |
| Current Location |
On Loan |
| Culture |
Attic |
| Provenience |
Greece | Greek Island |
| Manufacture Location |
Attica |
| Period |
Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made |
510-490 BCE |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Ceramic |
| Technique |
Black Figure |
| Iconography |
Athletes | Boxer | Discus | Javelin |
| Description |
Handles and part of neck missing, restored in plaster. A. 3 figures. Center: nude, bearded man facing right, holding white discus. Left: nude, bearded man standing, facing right, holding two javelins (?) unpright in left hand. Right: bearde man, fully clothed. holding stick (trainer?), facing left. B. Four figures. Center: two nude bearded men boxing. Left: Bearded man fully clothed, facing right, with stick (trainer?). Right: nude, beardless youth, facing left, holding cloth (?) in right hand. Neck, A & B. Three vertical palmettes, center one down, others upright. |
| Height |
29.5 cm |
| Length |
18.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter |
17 cm |
| Credit Line |
Museum Purchase, Subscription of Phebe Hearst,1896 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
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