Red-figure Kylix: Youth Running to Right | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.29
People: Probably school of Euergides, Greek
Title: Red-figure Kylix: Youth Running to Right
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 525-500 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period: Archaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291676

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 7.1 x 18 cm (2 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: JCH purchased in Athens in 1890s.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.29
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Interior: Nude youth running to right wearing a vine wreath in his hair. Outline of hair reserved and applied purple, now faded, used for the wreath. Poor execution. The vase is entirely covered with a fair black glaze except for the border of the interior medallion, edge of foot, and panel under each handle.

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)

Verification Level

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