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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.382
Title
Black-figure Lekythos, "Cock Class"
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
510-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288395

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.382
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On the shoulder, a cock between leaves. On the body, a man between two cloaked spectators, pursuing a woman. Spout and neck are missing.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 16, no. 80

Verification Level

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