Shoulder fragment with thin, brown wash on inside near bottom. Max. dim. 0.043. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 80, cat. no. 170, fig. 287.

Youth (filleted head, much of torso, start of left arm, right hand) spinning a top. In his right hand he holds a whip with two long thongs at one end. Dilute glaze: muscles. White: fillet. Red: thongs of whip.

Van Hoorn (Choes and Anthesteria, no. 170 and p. 45) recognized the subject. See also the brief mention by Beck, Album, p. 47 and by Rühfel, Kinderleben, p. 55. For well-preserved examples, see Baltimore, Johns Hopkins G 3730 by Douris (ARV2 445, 251, Addenda 241; Buitron-Oliver, Douris, p. 85, cat. no. 239, pl. 111), Brussels A 891 from the workshop of Sotades (ARV2 771, 2; Addenda 287), and Tübingen S./10 814 = E 78, formerly attributed to the Painter of London E 777 (ARV1 463, 5; not in ARV2; CVA, Tübingen 5 [Deutschland 54], pl. 41 [2658]:4, 6, 7).