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Red-Figure Kylix - Type B (Wine Cup)
Red-Figure Kylix - Type B (Wine Cup)

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
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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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