Two red-figure cup fragments, Int.: exergual space at lower left; hind leg of animal, and at upper right, part of tail? Stopt maeanders to left. side A: lower part of column on base; part of thigh of figure frontal? with himation edge.

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.18.116.A-B
Title: Two red-figure cup fragments, Int.: exergual space at lower left; hind leg of animal, and at upper right, part of tail? Stopt maeanders to left. side A: lower part of column on base; part of thigh of figure frontal? with himation edge.
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: c. 480 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period: Classical period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/287684

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Red-figure
Dimensions: actual: 4.3 cm (1 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.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Beazley Archive Database #21852

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: 1995.18.116.A-B
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. 48

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1995.18.116.A-B: Two red-figure cup fragments, Int.: exergual space at lower left; hind leg of animal, and at upper right, part of tail? Stopt maeanders to left. side A: lower part of column on base; part of thigh of figure frontal? with himation edge.