1965.488: Amphoriskos: Animal frieze of lions, birds and geese
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1965.488
- Title
- Amphoriskos: Animal frieze of lions, birds and geese
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 615-600 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
- Period
- Orientalizing period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290254
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Black-figure
- Dimensions
- H. 16.51 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Meta and Paul J. Sachs, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.488
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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On the shoulder, animal zone, panthers. Below, separated by two narrow stripes, another animal zone, repeating swans. Below, a thick glazed stripes and around the base a series of rays. Rosettes and ornaments in the field. Applied purple in many figures.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017
Verification Level
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