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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.79
Title
Amphoriskos
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
4th-3rd century BCE
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292127

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque blue glass with yellow decoration
Technique
Core-formed glass
Dimensions
9.5 × 4 cm (3 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Boston, MA (by 1925), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.79
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Core-formed vessel of dark blue glass with trailed decoration in yellow and a color now largely missing (white?); turquoise trail around rim and small foot. Body of vessel fragmentary with lighter-colored plaster fills; colors darkened; rim chipped. No traces of handles survive.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2023 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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