Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Theseus Painter

ca. 500 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The Pankration was an athletic contest that combined boxing, wrestling, and kicking. In the surviving representations, it is not always easy to distinguish the pankration from boxing or wrestling matches. Such is the case here where the competition takes place under the eyes of a trainer and an onlooker.

Artist

Theseus Painter

Date

ca. 500 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906