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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.9
Title
Kothon
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 600 BCE-550 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
Period
Orientalizing period to Archaic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292176

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; reddish yellow clay with slip

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
JCH purchased in Athens; bequest to Harvard University.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Intact. Concentric broad and narrow purple stripes on interior. On exterior, reserved bands alternating with broad and narrow purple stripes enclosing a checkerboard pattern. Painted band on foot, fine concentric stripes on bottom. Projection on either side of 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)

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