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A teardrop-shaped vessel with a wide spout and a small opening at top.

A vessel which is round at the bottom and has a wide flat spout with a small opening. It is beige, and in black there is a geometric depiction of a lion seen from the side with its mouth open and teeth bared, and a pattern of scattered large and small florets. In red there are teardrop shapes extending out from the opening of the spout, down the top of the neck, and dots around the rim of the spout.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.8
Title
Alabastron (oil flask): Lion
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 620-600 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
Period
Orientalizing period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292211

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
Black-figure
Dimensions
8.4 x 4.6 cm (3 5/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
mouth: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Athens, 1898] sold; to Joseph C. Hoppin, (1898-1925), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.8
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rosette on top of rim and neck, dots on base. On body a lion to right with rosettes and ornaments in field.

Publication History

  • Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926), plate 1, no. 8

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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