1995.18.22: Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora: helmeted head of warrior
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.18.22
- People
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Lydos, Greek (active 565 BCE - 535 BCE)
- Title
- Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora: helmeted head of warrior
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- c. 560 BCE-550 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288180
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- greatest dimen.: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 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 #21904
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
- 1995.18.22
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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.47; fig.3
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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