1968.13: Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Symposium; Cavalcade

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1968.13

Title

Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Symposium; Cavalcade

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 585 BCE-575 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth (Corinthia)

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/289240

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta; orange yellow clay

Technique

Black-figure

Dimensions

36.8 cm h x 31.2 cm diam (40.6 cm diam with handles) (14 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.; 16 in. diam with handles)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[A. Emmerich Gallery, Art of the Ancients: Greeks, Etruscans and Romans, Feb. 7-Mar. 13, 1968, lot 3] sold; to Frederick M. Watkins, 1968, partial gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund and Gift of Frederick M. Watkins

Accession Year

1968

Object Number

1968.13

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Side A: Symposium; Side B: Cavalcade; Handle zone: Griffin-birds; Handle plates: Bearded male busts in profile.

Publication History

• David Gordon Mitten and Suzannah F. Doeringer, "A Corinthian Krater in the Fogg Art Museum", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1968 (1968), pp. 33-43, pp. 33-43, figs. 1-4
• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
• David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 10, no. 5.

Exhibition History

• The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
• Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/13/2015
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 12/30/2022

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