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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.297
Title
Italo-Greek Oinochoe
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 730-700 BCE
Period
Geometric period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291195

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; buff clay, red glaze

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.297
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Strap handle; six horizontal parallel lines, birds. Neck: horizontal lines in groups of six alternating with lozenge patterns. Shoulder: snake, dots above and below, swastikas within coils. Body: parallel horizontal lines, solid triangles at bottom. Conical shape. Forgery?

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. 48

Verification Level

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