Harvard Art Museums > 1960.404: Rhyton in the Form of the Head of an African Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Rhyton in the Form of the Head of an African , 1960.404,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/290516. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.404 Title Rhyton in the Form of the Head of an African Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 400 BCE-350 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia) Period Classical period, Late Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/290516 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Mold-made Dimensions 14.1 cm h x 10.2 cm diam. (5 9/16 x 4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History From Olynthos Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.404 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Carefully formed face with African features. Top of head and entire right side of face is missing. Publication History David Moore Robinson and George E. Mylonas, Excavations at Olynthus (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1929-1952), cat. 407. Inv. 168, p. 88, Pl. 45 Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 30, no. 245 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. 13, no. 30. David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, ed., The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the Pharoahs to the Fall of the Roman Empire, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 2010), pp. 190-191, fig. 227 Exhibition History The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961 e African Image, Walters Art Gallery, 02/17/1980 - 03/30/1980 Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
