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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.171
People
Onesimos, Greek (active 500-480 BCE)
Title
Red-figure cup fragment. Int., stopt meaender to right; forehead/nose line, left shoulder/upper arm with cloak folds of komast to right, left arm outstretched; red leafy wreath; trace of letter on right? K? Side A: block on ground on left, then right leg/cloak end of male to right, toe ends of male to left; single groundline
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 490 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229517

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Trace of letter on right? K?

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 #21861

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
1995.18.171
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. 39

Verification Level

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