c. 470-460 BCE
Side A: nude youth to right with chlamys thrown over both shoulders, threatening with a knobbed stick. Side B: a nude youth similarly attired who holds a stick in his left and extends his right as if to ward off the blow. Hair outline reserved. Under and at the side of the junction of the handles sloral palmette. Covered with superb lustrous greenish-black glaze. Intact and in perfect condition.
h. 7.4 x diam. 19.2 cm (2 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Joseph Clark Hoppin, purchased in Athens, 1897; bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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