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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.325
People
The Dareios Painter, Greek (active c. 350-300 BCE)
Title
Squat Lekythos: Head Rising from a Flower
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 330-300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apulia
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287366

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
actual: 17.9 x 8.4 cm (7 1/16 x 3 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[A. Emmerich Gallery, New York (by 1968)], sold; to Frederick M. Watkins, New Haven (1968-1972), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.325
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • Hellenistic Art: Objects from an Expanded World, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/03/2006 - 07/29/2007

Verification Level

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