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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.68
Title
Red-figure cup fragment, side A.: Komos: arm of one to left swung out behind; top frontal of head of male to left, wearing leafy wreath.
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 510 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287764

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
5.1 cm (2 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 #21531

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
1995.18.68
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rim reserved on inside only. Relief contours; hair contour incised; preliminary sketch; upper right in red, uncertain letter on break, then s (kalos or pais)
Greatest dimension 5.1 cm, thickness at top 0.3 cm, thickness at bottom 0.3 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. 121

Verification Level

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