1995.18.15: Fragment of a Black-figure Amphora: Open-mouthed head of a lion

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.18.15

People

The Micali Painter, Etruscan (active late 6th century BCE)

Title

Fragment of a Black-figure Amphora: Open-mouthed head of a lion

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

neck amphora, sherd

Date

c. 530 BCE-520 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Etruscan

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/288256

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

greatest dimen.: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 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.

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

1995.18.15

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Below black band, open-mouthed head of a lion to left, curve above into shoulder area.

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.26; p.52, fig.26

Exhibition History

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

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