1960.363: Bell Krater (Situla), "Yellow Spray Group"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.363

Title

Bell Krater (Situla), "Yellow Spray Group"

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

late 4th or early 3rd century BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy

Period

Hellenistic period, Early

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/290795

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Dimensions

19.6 cm h x 28.1 cm diam. (7 11/16 in. h x 11 1/16 in. diam.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.363

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Side A: ivy wreath, berries, female theatre mask (hetaera). Side B: wreath.

Publication History

• David Moore Robinson, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum U.S.A.: volume 3, The Robinson Collection, Baltimore, MD, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938)
• Thomas Bertram Webster, Masks on Gnathia Vases, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England, 1951), 71; pp. 222-232, 223: 30, 224, 231
• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 22, no. 152

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

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