1995.18.82: Red-figure cup fragment: Forearm and Chest of a Female Figure
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.18.82
- Title
- Red-figure cup fragment: Forearm and Chest of a Female Figure
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- c. 490 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/287815
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Red-figure
- Dimensions
- Greatest dim. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 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 #22267
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
- 1995.18.82
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Side A: left forearm and chest of a female figure to left, wearing chiton and himation.
Dilute glaze for folds of chiton. Red for cord near right thumb; cf. Painter of Berlin 2268.
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. 143
Exhibition History
- Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997
Verification Level
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