1995.18.14.A-D: Four Fragments of a Laconian Black-figure Cup: Int., in exergue, pair of cocks facing

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.18.14.A-D

Title

Four Fragments of a Laconian Black-figure Cup: Int., in exergue, pair of cocks facing

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Date

c. 530 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lakonia

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/286254

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

greatest dimen.: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 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.

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

1995.18.14.A-D

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Interior: In exergue, pair of cocks facing; above snake; horse, bird at top of tondo.
Side A: rays at join of foot and bowl, black glaze bands, palmettes.

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, p.25; p.51, fig.25, A-D

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