Two fragments of a terracotta kylix, join 1979.11.9; 1980.304; 1988.11.5; 1989.43; 1990.170; 1995.540
Interior, victorious athlete being crowned. Exterior, unexplained mythological subject.
The scene here takes place in the gymnasium, as indicated by the sponge, strigil (scraper), and aryballos (oil flask) on the wall. Athletes converse among themselves while older trainers are rewarding their young charges.
Credit: Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. and Stuart Tray Gifts, 1978
Ca. 490 B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
33.0 x 33.0cm
1978.11.7a,d
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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