1925.30.20: Little Master Band Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1925.30.20

Title

Little Master Band Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 550 BCE-525 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/291674

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta; reddish clay, black paint

Technique

Black-figure

Dimensions

10.6 x 15.7 cm (4 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
with handles: 10.6 x 20.5 cm (4 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Rome, 1894, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #13320

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1925

Object Number

1925.30.20

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Interior: Reserved medallion with dot and concentric stripes. Side A: Between palmettes, three nude dancing figures. Side B: The same. Traces of applied purple on the figures and palmettes. Incisions and execution poor. The vase is entirely covered with a good black paint except for the central medallion on the interior and the exterior zones. Handles restored in plaster.

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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