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Red-Figure Kylix - Type B (Wine Cup)

Primary (Greek-Attic)
NationalityGreek-Attic, Europe
Datecirca 430 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (8.6 × 25.6 cm)
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (8.6 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980.42
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1980.42
On View
Not on view
Label Text
Two athletes use strigils (scrapers) to remove olive oil from their bodies. On each side of the exterior, two pairs of youths practice with javelins in a gymnasium. Gymnasia in Athens were centers for education and athletic training.
ProvenanceLikely acquired in Italy between 1820–30, perhaps in England or Italy by 1841 by Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton [1790–1851], 2nd Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England; by descent to Charles Douglas Compton [1816-1877], 3rd Marquess of Northampton; by descent to William Compton [1818–1897], 4th Marquess of Northampton; by descent to William George Spencer Scott Compton [1851–1913], 5th Marquess of Northampton; by descent to William Bingham Compton [1885–1978], 6th Marquess of Northampton; by descent to Spencer Douglas David Compton [b.1946], 7th Marquess of Northampton; sold (Christie’s, London) July 2nd, 1980, The Castle Ashby Vases, lot 44
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