In the video above, Susanne Ebbinghaus, the George M.A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Harvard Art Museums, introduces her exhibition Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings; the show is on view September 7, 2018 to January 6, 2019. Presenting a stunning range of elaborate animal-shaped vessels that span continents and millennia, the exhibition vividly illustrates how ideas and artistic traditions were exchanged among cultures.
Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings
September 6, 2018
Index Magazine
Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings
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