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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.39
Title
Fragment of a Red-figure Calyx-Krater: Warrior Holding Shield and Spear
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 360-350 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apulia
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287602

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
greatest dimen.: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 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.

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
1995.18.39
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Side A: warrior holding shield and spear to right, bridled head of horse with topknot on forehead to left. Partial relief contour. Horizontal relief line at top of fragment indicates top of figure zone. Five red dots for bosses on horse bridle. Thickness at top 1.0 cm, thickness at bottom 1.1 cm.

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. 182

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