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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
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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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