2007.104.28: Apulian Red-figure Lid from a Pyxis or Lekanis

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.104.28

Title

Apulian Red-figure Lid from a Pyxis or Lekanis

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

cover

Date

350-300 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apulia

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/56973

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

4.7 x 9.2 cm (1 7/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46) gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1943/46-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel.

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

2007.104.28

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Orange-buff fabric with semi-lustrous black slip. Radial stripes on flat handle knob. The decoration on the low, conical lid is divided into quadrants. Two of these are filled with large palmettes. The other two have identical depictions of the head of a woman wearing a tiara, necklace, earrings, and an elaborate hairstyle.

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