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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.311
People
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
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
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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  • David Moore Robinson, "Unpublished Greek Vases in the Robinson Collection", American Journal of Archaeology (Jan., 1956), vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 1-25, pp. 4-5, no. 6, pl. 3, fig. 18-19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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