1960.311: Neck Amphora (storage jar): Two Warriors; Man Between Two Sphinxes
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.311
- People
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The Painter of Vatican 309, Greek (active c. 560 BCE - 540 BCE)
- Title
- Neck Amphora (storage jar): Two Warriors; Man Between Two Sphinxes
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 570-550 BCE
- Places
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Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Vulci (Etruria) - Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288391
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Black-figure
- Dimensions
- 27.4 x 26.7 cm (10 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Beazley Archive Database #350378
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.311
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Side A: two warriors between two "penguin figures" (spectators). Side B: man between two sphinxes. Mended and restored.
Publication History
- David Moore Robinson, "Unpublished Greek Vases in the Robinson Collection", American Journal of Archaeology (Jan., 1956), vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1-25, pp. 4-5, no. 6, pl. 3, fig. 18-19
- Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 14, no. 64
- Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 8, Sphinx (S) 195.
Exhibition History
- The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
Verification Level
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