1925.30.18: Miniature Amphora with Tall Neck and Small Handles

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1925.30.18

Title

Miniature Amphora with Tall Neck and Small Handles

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 750 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Period

Geometric period, Late

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/291590

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta; pale reddish clay with slip

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

13 cm (5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Joseph Clark Hoppin, Lugt 1897, Purchased in Athens, 1925, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin

Accession Year

1925

Object Number

1925.30.18

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Intact. Neck tall in proportion to body. Everted mouth in black, above three horizontal lines, then a reserved zone with a single line of dots. A second set of three horizontal lines lies above a second reserved zone filled with vertical black triangles like rays. Another set of three horizontal lines lies beneath this, expanding onto the shoulder. Beneath, a broader horizontal striple. Below this lie two parallel horizontal lines above the major zone of ornament on the body, from which two handles extend diagonally upward. This zone contains a central squarish panel on each side. A reserved zone of vertically placed dots separates two wide zones of short diagonal lines pointing toward the central row of dots. Each of these is framed by a set of two vertical lines. On either side of the central decorated panel and the adjacent handle is an eight-pointed star or rosette. One of these trails a wavy line like a stem. The outer edge of the base of each handle is emphasized by a thin diagonal line. The exteriors of the handles bear a single zone of vertical lines enclosed by single lines. A star or rosette resembling the others is painted on the base beneath each handle. A final set of three horizontal lines encloses this principal area of decoration on the bottom. The lowest part of the vase, including the ring foot, is painted solid black.

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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