| DATE | 470 - 460 BC |
| AUTHOR | the Telephos painter - Athens, Attica, Greece |
| MEDIA | Ceramic - red figure drinking cup (kylix) |
| SIZE | 10,6 cm (4" 3/16) tall; 21,8 cm (8" 9/16) diameter |
| LOCATION | USA - Boston - Museum of Fine Arts |
| NOTES | Interior: A youth wearing a mantle stands between a laver and a starting post. Brown is used for the details of the body. Red for the fillet, loop of the javelin and inscription.
Inscribed: "Handsome" (KALOS) (on interior above the post).
Exterior side A: Two nude youths practise gymnastics- jumping and javelin-throwing - under the guidance of a trainer wearing a mantle. In field is a starting post . A toilet kit (sponge, aryballos, and strigil) hangs from a peg. Fragmentary inscriptions: ...N..N..[-]...N..
Exterior side B: A javelin thrower, a diskos thrower, and a jumper exercise beside a fluted starting post and a pick. A strigil, portable oil jar (aryballos), and sponge hang from a peg. Fragmentary inscriptions: KALO..P..N |
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You will be more than welcome.