Tondo: athlete, lower half

Tondo: running athlete

Exterior: vase in profile, handles oblique front and rear

Tondo: athlete, upper half

Exterior: vase in profile, handles in center front and rear

Interior: overview

Collection: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Summary: Interior: naked athlete.
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Painter: Attributed to Makron
Context: From Chiusi
Date: ca. 490 BC - ca. 480 BC
Dimensions:

H. 0.085 m., D. rim 0.191 m., D. foot 0.077 m.
Primary Citation: ARV2, 479, 328
Shape: Kylix
Region: Etruria
Period: Late Archaic

Condition:

Some abrasion of the surface.

Decoration Description:

Interior: nude athlete. A naked youth runs to the right, legs wide. He swings a diskos behind him with his right hand; the diskos is just visible behind his right elbow. His left arm is extended in front of him for balance, his hand open-palmed. There is a pair of jumping weights on the ground between his legs. The edge of a couch or stool occupies the far left edge of the tondo, a folded cloak resting on its cushion.

Shape Description:

A small, delicate type B kylix.

Collection History:

The kylix was originally part of the Coleman Collection. It was later purchased and given to the University Museum by Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst.

Sources Used:

Ashmead & Phillips 1976; CVA, U.S.A., University Museum, Philadelphia (forthcoming)

Other Bibliography:

Beazley 1918, 101 and 106, no. 95; Hoppin 1919, vol. 2, 107, no. 110; Luce 1921, 80, no. 81.; Beazley 1925, 220, no. 147; ARV2, 314, 236; DePuma 1968, pl. 63, figs. 3 and 4; von Bothmer 1982, 32; Beazley Addenda 2, 247.