1925.30.12.A-B: Shallow Bowl with Tall Foot and Knobbed Lid

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1925.30.12.A-B

Title

Shallow Bowl with Tall Foot and Knobbed Lid

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

600-550 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia

Period

Archaic period

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/292177

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta; pale reddish yellow clay with slip

Dimensions

19.6 x 23.6 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1897, 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

1925.30.12.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Interior: in the center a whirl pattern in black bounded by a checker border between two stripes of applied purple. Around an animal zone, panther, goose, panther, goose, lion, ibex, panther, and ibex. Applied purple on the bodies of the animals and numerous ornaments in field. On the top and outer edge of the rim, zigzag border.

Exterior: animal zone, sphinx wearing a polos, siren, sphinx, lion, ibex, lion, ibex, panther, swan, and panther. Numerous ornaments in field and applied purple on the bodies of the animals. Below, a dotted border and rays. On the stem, alternating broad stripes of red and purple and a zigzag border on outer edge of base. The foot is hollow and has a similar arrangement of stripes on the interior.

Cover: On the button, radiating leaves and checker border with purple stripe between. Below, the same with two purple stripes and an animal zone, lion, goose, ibex, panther, sphinx with polos, siren, sphinx, and lion. Usual ornaments in field and applied purple on the bodies of the animals. On the edge, a checker border between two purple stripes and rays. Zone of rays on outer perimeter.

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)
• Fogg Art Museum Handbook, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1936)
• George Willis Botsford and Charles A. Robinson, Hellenic History, The Macmillan Company (New York, NY, 1939)
• George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 111.
• Humfry Payne, Necrocorinthia: a Study of Corinthian Art in the Archaic Period, McGrath Publishing Co. (College Park, MD, 1971), p.312, no. 1015, pl. 28,9 (view of exterior)

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

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