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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
sherd, neck amphora
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
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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

Verification Level

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