2004.203: Askos in the Shape of a Recumbent Boar
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.203
- Title
- Askos in the Shape of a Recumbent Boar
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 500 BCE-300 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/54962
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, traces of paint
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 20.96 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From the collection of Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.203
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Askos (pouring vessel) in the shape of a recumbent boar; opening for filling equipped with strainer on proper right shoulder, tube-like spout on right hindquarters; double-string handle on back. Remains of dark paint in ears, traces of red in left angle of snout; heavy incrustation with traces of rust.
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