Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Running Satyr | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.43
Title: Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Running Satyr
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 450-400 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period: Classical period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291677

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Red-figure
Dimensions: H. 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Purchased in Athens, 1898.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Beazley Archive Database #13224

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.43
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: A nude and bearded satyr wearing a wreath of added white paint runs to the left with outstretched arms, head tilted back.

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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