Pilgrim Flask | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.15
Title: Pilgrim Flask
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 500 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica?
Period: Archaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291589

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta; pale reddish clay, black paint
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 14 x 12.5 cm (5 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: JCH purchased in Athens; bequest to Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.15
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Mouth, feet, sides, and handles covered with black paint. A reserved four-spoke wheel decorates the center of each side. Its circumference consists of two concentric circles surrounded by a reserved circular zone. The outer perimeter of each circular side is enclosed by a narrow reserved zone.

Publication History

Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926)

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1925.30.15: Pilgrim Flask