Black-figure Bowl: Winged Sphinx | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.22
Title: Black-figure Bowl: Winged Sphinx
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 400-350 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period: Classical period, High
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292634

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta; pale reddish clay with slip, black paint
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 10.9 x 29 cm (4 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: JCH purchased in Athens in 1890s.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.22
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Intact. On either side of body, a winged sphinx to right and a palmette; rosette leaves on upper surface of rim. Foot and interior entirely covered with a poor thin black paint, body and base of foot reserved.

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)

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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

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1925.30.22: Black-figure Bowl: Winged Sphinx