A figure crouches and holds objects in their hands.
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A black dish with a red edge. The top edge and bottom right edge of the dish is gone, seemingly snapped off. In red, there is a figure who fills the space, their knees are bent and their arms are curved upward in front of them, holding fluted objects in each hand. They wear short robes and something on their head, though most of it was lost with the top edge. There are 5 symbols around the figures hands, which almost seem as though they are flowing from their mouth.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2388
People
Attributed to Euergides, Greek
Title
Fragment of a Kylix (drinking cup): Dancer with Castanets
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
510-500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288178

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
Dia. 11.6 x D. 0.4 cm (4 9/16 x 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry W. Haynes, Boston, MA, (by 1912), bequest; to the Harvard University Department of Classics (1912-1977), transferred; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #9004964

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2388
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
In the tondo of this cup, a dancer performs wearing a short tunic (chiton), her breasts exposed, with her hair tucked back into a headdress (sakkos). The fineness of her clothing is detailed in diluted glaze strokes in addition to slender black lines for folds. She holds out a set of castanets in front of her to accompany her dance. In the background is written “LEAGROS.”

Publication History

  • George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 106.
  • Dimitrios Yatromanolakis, ed., "An Archaeology of Representations: Ancient Greek Vase-Painting and Contemporary Methodologies" (Athens, 2009)
  • [Reproduction Only], Persephone, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2011, p. 40.

Exhibition History

  • Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950
  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 10/03/2023
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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