Two red-figure chous fragments. Side A: back of head/left shoulder of maenad to left, with thyrsos; single-line side border. On second fragment, chiton mid-folds of female to left; at lower right, cup of ladle?

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.18.174.A-B
Title: Two red-figure chous fragments. Side A: back of head/left shoulder of maenad to left, with thyrsos; single-line side border. On second fragment, chiton mid-folds of female to left; at lower right, cup of ladle?
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: chou oinochoe, sherd
Date: c. 440 BCE-c. 430 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period: Classical period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229141

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Red-figure
Dimensions: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Beazley Archive Database #22229

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Jonathan H. Kagan, Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Karvounis, Ian M. Watson McLaughlin, Nicholas S. Zoullas and the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing, Director's Discretionary and Marian H. Phinney Funds
Accession Year: 1995
Object Number: 1995.18.174.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Aaron J. Paul, "Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Spring 1997), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 7-87, fig. 181

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1995.18.174.A-B: Two red-figure chous fragments. Side A: back of head/left shoulder of maenad to left, with thyrsos; single-line side border. On second fragment, chiton mid-folds of female to left; at lower right, cup of ladle?