1995.18.23.A-E: Four Fragments of an Attic Black-figure Dinos: upper zone, chariots; lower zones, animals

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.18.23.A-E

People

Sophilos, Greek

Title

Four Fragments of an Attic Black-figure Dinos: upper zone, chariots; lower zones, animals

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Date

c. 570 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287926

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

greatest dimen.: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1989] sold; to Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to [Peter Sharrar, New York, 1994-1995], sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

NOTES
Nefer, 7, 1989, pg. 10, no. 6

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #21906

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

1995.18.23.A-E

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Upper zone with chariots, fight?, two lower zones of animals, including a siren; whirligig at base.

Commentary

These fragments belonged to an ovoid mixing bowl for wine and water which was painted by Sophilos, the first Athenian vase painter who is known to have signed his name on his works.
(David Gordon Mitten, 2004)

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, p.23; p.46, fig.1, A-E
• James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 25

Exhibition History

• Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997

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