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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.155
People
Manner of The Akestorides Painter, Greek (active ca. 475 -450 BCE)
Title
Kylix (drinking cup): Woman Pouring a Libation at an Altar
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
480-470 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287256

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
with handles: 8.8 x 25.6 x 19 cm (3 7/16 x 10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward Perry Warren, Esq., London, (by 1927-1928), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #209939

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of E. P. Warren, Esquire
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.155
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 124.
  • [Reproduction Only], Persephone, (Spring 2004)., p. 6
  • Gunnel Ekroth, Why (Not) Paint an Altar? A Study of Where, When and Why Altars Appear on Attic Red-figure Vases, The World of Greek Vases. Colloquium at the Danish Academy, Rome, 13-15 Jan 2005, ed. Vinnie Norskov, Edizioni Quasar (Rome, 2009), p. 96, fig. 5
  • Tyler Jo Smith, Religion in the Art of Archaic and Classical Greece, University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia, 2021), pp. 82-83, fig. 35
  • Tyler Jo Smith, Religion in the Art of Archaic and Classical Greece, University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia, 2021), pp. 82-83, fig. 35

Exhibition History

  • Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950
  • Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997
  • HAA132e The Ideal of the Everyday in Greek Art (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012
  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2023 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

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