Fragment of an Arretine Skyphos | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.18.40
Title: Fragment of an Arretine Skyphos
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: 1st century CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Arretium (Etruria)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/287603

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: greatest dimen.: 8.5 cm (3 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.

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: 1995.18.40
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, not in catalogue

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