1993.11: Calenian Kylix with Head of Arethusa
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1993.11
- Title
- Calenian Kylix with Head of Arethusa
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 350-250 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Campania
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- South Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288872
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- H. 4.8 x D. 12 cm (1 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Private Collection, England. Private Collection, New York, (by 1993), sold; to [Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA (1993)], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 1993
- Object Number
- 1993.11
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The interior tondo of this black-glazed bowl is decorated with a relief medallion cast from a Syracusan Dekadrachm displaying the head of the nymph Arethusa.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016
Verification Level
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