side B Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
side B Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.131
Title
Little Master Band Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 550 BCE-525 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292334

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Reddish clay, black paint
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
13.3 x 21.2 cm (5 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Rome, 1894, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13319

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.131
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Foot partially restored in plaster. Interior: Reserved medallion with dot and two concentric stripes. Side A: Between palmettes, two nude male figures, one wearing a pilos, armed with spears and attacking a large boar (Calydonian?). Side B: Two nude boxers between two male figures with cloak and spear. Applied purple on the boar, hair and garments of the figures. Vase is entirely covered with good black glaze except for the exterior zones and central medallion on the interior. Careful incisions, 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)
  • Judith M. Barringer, The hunt in ancient Greece, The Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, 2001), p. 36/figs. 26-27

Verification Level

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