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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.26
People
Near to Psiax, Greek (active 520-510 BCE)
Title
Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Kyathos: side A, fight, warriors with Boeotian shields, gorgoneion shield device
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 520 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
greatest dimen.: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #21898

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Jonathan H. Kagan, Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Karvounis, Ian M. Watson McLaughlin, Nicholas S. Zoullas and the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing, Director's Discretionary and Marian H. Phinney Funds
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.18.26
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Aaron J. Paul, "Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Spring 1997), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 7-87, p.23; p.47, fig.9
  • Delphine Tonglet, Le Kyathos Attique de Madame Teithurnai: échanges artisanaux et interactions culturelles entre Grecs et Étrusques en Méditerranée archaïque, CReA-Patrimoine (Bruxelles, 2018), vol. 1: III.08, pp. 190-191; vol. 2: III.08, pp. 67, 114

Exhibition History

  • Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997

Verification Level

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