1960.257: Skyphos
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.257
- Title
- Skyphos
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 550 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291084
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta; buff slip, black and red paint
- Dimensions
- H. 11.2 x W. w. handles 19.2 x diam. 13.4 cm (4 7/16 x 7 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From Phylakopi. Said to have been found in the excavations with Mycenaean vases.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.257
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Bands on body. Poor condition.
Publication History
- Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 12, no. 50
Verification Level
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