Harvard Art Museums > 2007.104.30: Bucchero Chalice (ex Kantharos) with Impressed Animal Frieze Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bucchero Chalice (ex Kantharos) with Impressed Animal Frieze , 2007.104.30,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/56997. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.104.30 Title Bucchero Chalice (ex Kantharos) with Impressed Animal Frieze Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 625 BCE-575 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria Period Archaic period Culture Etruscan Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/56997 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Wheel-made Dimensions 11 x 14.6 cm (4 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased from Bernheimers', Cambridge, MA, by the McDaniel Collection, November 12 1963. Said to be from Messina, Sicily. Formerly Morgan Collection (1916 or 1920). 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 2007.104.30 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Grey-black thick fabric with burnished black slip. Three lines incised at lip. Stamped frieze of griffins, lions or chimeras, sphinxes, horses, and grazing stags runs around central portion of body. Hooked notches at the join between the cup's body and base. Tall base. Two filled patches below the rim on either side of the vessel suggest that this vessel once had handles on either side and was a kantharos. Another kantharos in the collection [116.1917] with identical animal frieze retains its handles. Exhibition History 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/20/2018 - 02/05/2019 Related Works 2014.295 Kantharos (drinking cup) Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
