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MS2272

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2272
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 500-475BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Youth | Athlete | Jumping Weight
Description

Oinochoe shape 8. Minor bits of lip and body restored in plaster. Fully glazed inside and out except for bottom; the very bottom of the wall.; and, above it, a thin ground line. Standing on the ground line is a nude youth bending over toward the right, left foot forward, arms straight down, hands near together, evidently preparing to jump. In the field above, behind him, is a jumping weight(?).

Height 7.8 cm
Outside Diameter 8.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 227 - Other Number

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