Harvard Art Museums > 1995.18.76.A-B: Two Red-figure Cup Fragments: Komos Fragments Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Two Red-figure Cup Fragments: Komos (The Antiphon Painter) , 1995.18.76.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287767. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1995.18.76.A-B People The Antiphon Painter, Greek (active ca. 500 -475 BCE) Title Two Red-figure Cup Fragments: Komos 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/287767 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Red-figure Dimensions Fragment A, greatest dim.: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.) Fragment B, greatest dim.: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 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 #21854 AND 21856 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 1995.18.76.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Side A: Komos. Midsection of youth in three-quarter view to left, cloak spread out behind (possibly over right shoulder and held out in left hand). Near the rim, lower lip and chin with draped shoulders of youth to right, right arm outstretched holding large skyphos in palm of hand, head thrown back in song. Full relief contours; preliminary sketch; dilte glaze musculature. Lip reserved inside and out. Fragment A (torso): thickness at top 0.3 cm, thickness at bottom 0.4 cm. Fragment B (rim): thickness at rim 0.2 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. 44 Exhibition History Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
