2001.258: Phiale (Bowl for Liquid Offerings)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.258
- Title
- Phiale (Bowl for Liquid Offerings)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 650 BCE-550 BCE
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/165004
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
-
5.7 × 11.9 cm, 40.94 g (2 1/4 × 4 11/16 in.)
157.5 grams
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Prior to going through sale at Bonhams, once on 13 April 2000 and again on 3 October 2000, the silver phiale belonged to a German antiquities dealer for a considerable period of time. It was purchased from a trade source in Munich around 1995-1996.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.258
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Silver bowl with high, scalloped walls forming seven lobes and a central domed omphalos surrounded by a grooved band. Interior of vessel is shiny silver which becomes more mottled towards rim. Exterior surface is more mottled with black, gray, and silver surface color.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023
Verification Level
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