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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

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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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
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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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