2007.104.33: Apulian Krater Fragment in Gnathian Style with Phlyax Scene

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.104.33

Title

Apulian Krater Fragment in Gnathian Style with Phlyax Scene

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Date

350-300 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gnathia (Apulia)

Period

Classical period, Late

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54264

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

6.6 x 11 x 4 cm (2 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hesperia Art (Robert Hecht with Dr. V. Clain-Steanelli as agent), May 1952.] purchase; Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1952-2007), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.104.33

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Fragment of a large, open vessel with comic or phlyax actor, wearing a padded costume, reaching down to pick up a large winged phallus. Buff fabric with glossy black slip and overpainting in Gnathian style.

Formerly TL39339.58.

Publication History

• A. D. Trendall, Phylax Vases, University of London Institute of Classical Studies (1967), No. 182
• Martin Revermann, Comic Business: Theatricalilty, Dramatic Technique, and Performance Contexts of Aristophanic Comedy (Oxford, England, 2006)

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