Harvard Art Museums > 1925.30.28: Kylix (drinking cup): Crouching Satyr Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Kylix (drinking cup): Crouching Satyr (Ascribed to The Pioneer Group) , 1925.30.28,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292635. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1925.30.28 People Ascribed to The Pioneer Group, Greek (active early 6th century BCE ) Title Kylix (drinking cup): Crouching Satyr Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 510-500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica Period Archaic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292635 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Red-figure Dimensions with handles: 12 x 36.6 cm (4 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History JCH purchased in Athens in 1890s, State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Beazley Archive Database #13317 AND 9017685 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin Accession Year 1925 Object Number 1925.30.28 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The interior tondo depicts a crouching satyr who holds wine pitcher in his right hand, his left upraised, and wears a now faded wreath painted in applied red. There are traces of letters in the background. The entire cup is covered in lustrous black gloss, except for the edge of the foot and a panel under each handle. Publication History Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions, website Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926), 3900 Sara Chiarini, The So-called Nonsense Inscriptions on Ancient Greek Vases: Between Paideia and Paidia, Brill Academic Publishers (Leiden) (Leiden, The Netherlands, 2018), pp. 306-7 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
