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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2123.11
Title
Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Column Krater
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
6th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199033

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
irregular: 7.6 cm (3 in.)

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
1977.216.2123.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two adjoining sherds. At left a woman in himation faces left. Face in added white. Vine in background. To right a satyr faces left while body faces right. He holds a rhyton in added white. Sloppy incision. Glazed inside.

Verification Level

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