Harvard Art Museums > 1960.281: Skyphos with Birds and Flowers Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Skyphos with Birds and Flowers , 1960.281,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291091. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.281 Title Skyphos with Birds and Flowers Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 750-735 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica Period Geometric period, Late Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291091 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta; black and red glaze Dimensions 7.6 cm (3 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History From near Athens. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.281 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 Rim: dotted band. Body: panel frieze of birds, flowers, swastikas. Bands lower portion. Horizontal loop handles: dots. Interior: glazed, reserved band. Restored and repainted. Publication History David Moore Robinson, "The Robinson Collection of Greek Gems, Seals, Rings, and Earrings", Hesperia Supplements (1949), Vol. 8, 305-323, 475-480, p. 310, no. 7, pl. 40.7a. 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. 32 Susan Langdon, ed., From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, exh. cat., University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO, 1993), p. 190-91, no. 74. 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 From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, 10/09/1993 - 12/05/1993 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
