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Lot Essay
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J. Boardman and M. Robertson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Castle Ashby (Great Britain, Fasc. 15), Oxford, 1979, pl. 16, no. 12; J. D. Beazley, "Notes on the Vases at Castle Ashby" in Journal of the British School at Rome, XI, 1929, p. 8ff, no. 16, pl. 11.1; H. Philippart, "Céramique grecque en Angleterre" in L'Antiquité Classique, IV, 1935, p. 212; E. N. Gardiner, Athletics of the Ancient World, 1930, p. 205ff, fig. 135; and E. Gerhard, Archäologische Zeitung, 1846, p. 340ff., no. 3.
The device on the shield of Athena is fully discussed in CVA loc. cit., together with the vase's resemblances to the work of the Kleophrades Painter.
Amphorae were awarded as prizes to the victors at the Panathenaic games, depicting Athena Promachos on one side and the event in which they had been winners on the other. The Panathenaic festival was held annually in Athens, with special 'games' held every fourth year during the Hekatombaion (July/August), commemorating the birth of Athena. Boxing and wrestling were important crowd-attractors, each man drawing lots for his opponent. The festival culminated in the procession of the newly woven peplos to the statue of Athena on the Acropolis, as depicted on the Parthenon frieze. Cf. N. Yalouris (ed.), The Eternal Olympics: the Art and History of Sport, New York, 1979, pp. 216-225 on boxing.
J. Boardman and M. Robertson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Castle Ashby (Great Britain, Fasc. 15), Oxford, 1979, pl. 16, no. 12; J. D. Beazley, "Notes on the Vases at Castle Ashby" in Journal of the British School at Rome, XI, 1929, p. 8ff, no. 16, pl. 11.1; H. Philippart, "Céramique grecque en Angleterre" in L'Antiquité Classique, IV, 1935, p. 212; E. N. Gardiner, Athletics of the Ancient World, 1930, p. 205ff, fig. 135; and E. Gerhard, Archäologische Zeitung, 1846, p. 340ff., no. 3.
The device on the shield of Athena is fully discussed in CVA loc. cit., together with the vase's resemblances to the work of the Kleophrades Painter.
Amphorae were awarded as prizes to the victors at the Panathenaic games, depicting Athena Promachos on one side and the event in which they had been winners on the other. The Panathenaic festival was held annually in Athens, with special 'games' held every fourth year during the Hekatombaion (July/August), commemorating the birth of Athena. Boxing and wrestling were important crowd-attractors, each man drawing lots for his opponent. The festival culminated in the procession of the newly woven peplos to the statue of Athena on the Acropolis, as depicted on the Parthenon frieze. Cf. N. Yalouris (ed.), The Eternal Olympics: the Art and History of Sport, New York, 1979, pp. 216-225 on boxing.