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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.97
People
Psiax, Greek (active 520-510 BCE)
Title
Fragment of a Black-Figure Plate
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 520 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197394

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
16 cm (6 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.97
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Lower part of a deer and figure of Herakles in a chiton (from a scene of Herakles and the Hercynian Stag).

Publication History

  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 27

Verification Level

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