58.1908: Fragment of an Amphora (storage jar): Judgment of Paris
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 58.1908
- Title
- Fragment of an Amphora (storage jar): Judgment of Paris
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 600-500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293383
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Black-figure
- Dimensions
- 15 × 30 cm (5 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Beazley Archive Database #13473
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
- Object Number
- 58.1908
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Five joint fragments from the belly and shoulder of a large neck amphora, depicting Hermes leading the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite to Paris, who is shown at the right edge; panel framed by lotus buds. Black-figure with added red and white.
Publication History
- George H. Chase and Mary Zelia Pease, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 8, Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), pp. 26-27, pl. IX fig. 1
- Christoph Clairmont, Das Parisurteil in der antiken Kunst, Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers (Zurich, 1951), p. 34, no. K 70, pl. 17
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025
Verification Level
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