Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.2123.2
People: Possibly attributable to a painter of Group E, Greek
Title: Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: c. 550 BCE-525 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period: Archaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/198496

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bought in Orvieto in 1906.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University; deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.2123.2
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Head of lion, right, chest and shoulders of Herakles. Added red circle around nipple. Added red in lion in mane. Teeth in added white.

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