Harvard Art Museums > 1925.30.7: Piriform Aryballos Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Piriform Aryballos , 1925.30.7,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292175. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1925.30.7 Title Piriform Aryballos Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 650 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia Period Archaic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292175 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta; reddish yellow clay with slip, decoration in dark brown glaze Dimensions 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1898, Bequest to 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 1925.30.7 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Intact. Star pattern and row of dots on rim, stripes on handle. On shoulder, two canines to right. On body, checker border, zone of four canines to right with dots in field, concentric stripes and rays on foot. Execution rather hasty. 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) George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 112. Exhibition History Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950 The Age of Homer, University Museum, University of Philadelphia, 10/10/1969 - 03/14/1970 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu