ATTRIBUTED TO THE KADMOS PAINTER, CIRCA 430 B.C.

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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURED COLUMN KRATER
ATTRIBUTED TO THE KADMOS PAINTER, CIRCA 430 B.C.
Side A: a racing scene with young jockey mounted on a horse beside a turning post, a draped female standing in front with arm outstretched towards them, the figure of a bearded judge wearing fillet and holding a tall staff behind; side B: a himation clad youth with arm outstretched towards two draped females who stand in conversation, one gesticulating to the other; both scenes bordered by bands of double dots and rays above, obverse side with lotus bud chain around the neck, rim with lotus bud chain and palmettes above the handles, double row of dots on the overhang
15¼ in. (39 cm.) high

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Belgian private collection, with Galerie Kamer, Paris, 1970.

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Horse races were an important and prestigious component of the Olympic games and the breeding of racehorses required an important financial investment. Wealthy men and women owned racehorses and the winner of a race would have his or her name entered on the list of victors. The female figure on the above vase might very well be the owner of the winning horse.

In the horseback riding race or keles, the jockeys were young boys who rode without the use of a saddle or stirrups. They employed only reins connected to a bronze bit in the horse's mouth and a small riding crop. cf S. G. Miller, Ancient Greek Athletics, Yale, 2004, pp. 77-79.