1960.404: Rhyton in the Form of the Head of an African
Sculpture
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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
-
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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
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