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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.72.A-D
Title
Four Fragments of a Red-figure Cup
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 500-490 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287813

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
Fragment A, greatest dim. 14.5 cm (5 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 #19984

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
1995.18.72.A-D
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Interior: right foot of satyr(?) hastening to right with lower part of animal skin at left. Single line border for tondo. Red for letter between left leg of animal skin and border of tondo. Full relief contous; dilute glaze scumbling on animal skin.
Fragment A: greatest dim. 14.5 cm; thickness at rim: 0.2 cm
Fragment B (handle): greatest dim. 7.2 cm
Fragment C (foot): h. 2.6 cm
Fragment D (body): greatest dim. 6.2 cm
Inscription: H

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. 134

Verification Level

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