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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.302
Title
Globular Aryballos
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 575-550 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291186

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; greenish clay, black glaze and red paint

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.302
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Body: with drawn sword, Telephos, whose name ["Telaphos"] is incised in the clay, grabs the forelock of a fleeing opponent; two flanking panthers. Presumably the Mysian hero, ancestor of Pergamene kings; his opponent is unidentifiable. Shoulder: tongue pattern. Neck: broad rim. Broken and mended. Design faded and chippped off in places.

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. 11, no. 39
  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 1, Aigisthos 40; Vol. 7, Telephos 98.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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