Fragment of an Attic(?) Red-figure Kylix or Skyphos: Youth Facing Left

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.2123.6
People: Attributed to The Euaion Painter, Greek
Title: Fragment of an Attic(?) Red-figure Kylix or Skyphos: Youth Facing Left
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: 5th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period: Classical period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/199032

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta

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: 1977.216.2123.6
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Frieze of eggs along exterior of rim. Head of youth facing left. Hand of gesturing figure (only hand remains) at left.

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