1925.30.7: Piriform Aryballos

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

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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

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