1995.18.93: Red-figure cup fragment: Legs of Figure to Left

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.18.93

Title

Red-figure cup fragment: Legs of Figure to Left

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/287818

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Red-figure

Dimensions

Greatest dim. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 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 #21853

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

1995.18.93

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Interior: continuous meander to left for tondo border, inscription: LYS[IS KALOS]. Side A: legs of one in himation leaning on stick to left. Red for inscription.

Relief contours; relief lines on himation worn; dilute glaze musculature.

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. 47

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