2007.104.8: Pelike
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2007.104.8
- Title
- Pelike
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Campania
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175001
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- 10.3 x 8 x 7 cm (4 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Part of original McDaniel gift of 1943. Included in a non-comprehensive list of McDaniel objects dated October 25, 1946.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2007
- Object Number
- 2007.104.8
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Small pelike in buff fabric with a severely misfired semi-lustrous slip in mottled black and dark brownish-orange. Chipping and accretions on surface. Maeander pattern in dark orange runs around neck. Figures and vegetation in a very dark orange with black details. On each side palmette tendrils frame a youth facing left, wearing a long cloak which conceals both arms. Repairs on rim.
Verification Level
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