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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2123.5
People
Attributed to The Painter of Wurzburg 487, Greek (active c. 480-450 BCE)
Title
Fragment of a Red-Figure Kylix: Youth Facing Right
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 500-450 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198565

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bought in Orvieto in 1906.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University; deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2123.5
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Head, shoulders, right arm and hand of a beardless youth facing right. Rim of a kylix. Probably palaestra scene.

Verification Level

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