Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 1429
Chronology:   Ca. 470-460 B.C.
Deposit:   H 5--6
Published Number:   AV 30.1429
References:   Object: P 13215
Bowl fragment. Max. dim. 0.082; est. diam. of tondo 0.16.

I, jockey (head with long hair streaming behind him; shoulder) to right. Around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern. A, horse race. At the left, one raised foreleg of a horse galloping to right, then the goal post. Next come the hindquarters and barrel of another horse, also to right. The two curved lines of glaze on the body of the horse might be the thongs of the jockey's whip, for they do not correspond to equine anatomy. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: muscles; long locks of youth's hair; part of maeander.

During his visit to the Agora in June 1988, Bothmer noted the similarity between 1429 and the work of the Stieglitz and Pistoxenos Painters. Not enough remains of 1429 to offer a firm attribution, but the character of the horses recalls those on three cups by the Pistoxenos Painter: Berlin inv. 4982.19 (ARV2 860, 5; CVA, Berlin 3 [Deutschland 22], pl. 104 [1033]); Louvre G 108 (ARV2 860, 9; Addenda 298); Louvre C 235 (ARV2 862, 24).