1960.280: Horse Handle from a Pyxis Lid
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.280
- Title
- Horse Handle from a Pyxis Lid
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- handle
- Date
- c. 800-760 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
- Period
- Geometric period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291090
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.280
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Head: lines and dots on face. Body: lattice diamonds on chest. Reserved bands. Head is scratched. Legs restored.
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. 10, no. 30
- 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. 10, no. 3.
Exhibition History
- The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
- The Age of Homer, University Museum, University of Philadelphia, 10/10/1969 - 03/14/1970
- 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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