2002.26: Globular Aryballos (oil flask): Two Lions and a Running Man
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.26
- Title
- Globular Aryballos (oil flask): Two Lions and a Running Man
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 600 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
- Period
- Orientalizing period to Archaic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147156
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Black-figure
- Dimensions
- 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- The aryballos came from an English private collection.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.26
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A bearded figure at the center, depicted nude, in the "knie-lauf" position to the right, his head turned back, his left arm bent, his hand raised in the air, his right arm lowered behind him, framed by two lions, each with its tail curling forward, rosettes in the field, two lines above and below, tongues on the shoulder, lines on the strap handle, incised rays on the mouth, details in added red.
Publication History
- Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 18-19.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017
Verification Level
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