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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.325
Title
Disk, possible forgery
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
Diam. 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #12949

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.325
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Interior (decoration incised into black ground): 5 registers, showing animal friezes; warrior, chariot and hound; standing woman, Nike(?) and Eros, bird on rock; lion and deer. Exterior (black silhouettes): flute-playing satyr, dancing satyr, horseman, warrior, lioness(?), and boar. Pieced together from fragments.

Recomposed from fragments, with parts of rim added and filed-down foot(?).

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. 91

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

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu