2007.104.25: Red-figure Stamnos: Head of Satyr
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2007.104.25
- Title
- Red-figure Stamnos: Head of Satyr
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 400 BCE-350 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Etruscan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/54852
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 30 x 18 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Etruscan Red-figure Stamnos with Satyr's Head: Purchased from Dr. Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, March 1966.
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
- 2007.104.25
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Pinkish-buff fabric with black and brown slips, mottled from misfiring. Flaring collar with overhanging rim. Lotus and palmette frieze on rounded shoulder. Large lotuses under upturned handles. On both front and back of vessel is the head of a balding, bearded satyr facing left. Meander and checkerboard strip below figural scene. Solid base. Restored from several fragments and heavy overpainting.
Verification Level
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