1977.216.2984: "Caryatid" strut from a vessel or chalice in the form of Potnia Theron

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.2984

Title

"Caryatid" strut from a vessel or chalice in the form of Potnia Theron

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Date

Late 7th-early 6th c BCE

Culture

Etruscan

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/289536

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta, bucchero

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Henry W. Haynes, Boston, MA (by 1912), bequest; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1912-1977), transfer; to the Fogg Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.216.2984

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The angle and nature of the upper and lower break edges indicate that this fragment was the strut from a chalice. The female figure wears a simple, belted tunic, perhaps slippers, has long straight hair, and holds at her chest two lined, curling volutes that attach to her head at the top and terminate in narrow curls bneath her hands. There is a long, lined volute on either side of her body that terminates near the knee, probably to indicate wings.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

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