1960.352: Mug: Seated Traveler with Hat and Gear

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.352

Title

Mug: Seated Traveler with Hat and Gear

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 470-460 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Period

Classical period, Early

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/291152

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta, black gloss

Technique

Red-figure

Dimensions

9.5 x 9 cm (3 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

From Vari.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #13445

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.352

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Bearded man with traveler's hat and short mantle seated on a rock, his arms around his left knee. Tied to the satchel in front of him is a vessel of the same type as the one that bears this image.

Commentary

This vessel is remarkable for the self-referential image it bears, showing a mug suspended from the traveler's satchel.

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. 19, no. 114

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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