1995.839: Fragment of a Red-figure Kylix
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1995.839
- Title
- Fragment of a Red-figure Kylix
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- c. 490 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/286987
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- greatest dim.: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ancient Art Acquisition Fund
- Accession Year
- 1995
- Object Number
- 1995.839
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Fragment composed of three joining pieces from the bowl of a kylix. On the exterior, to the left is a trace of the kylix handle root with a relief line marking off the reserve area between the handles. Interior: meander to the left; exterior (Side A): under handle root of left handle, leg of a stool; lower part of a male figure wearing a himation, leaning of a staff. Relief contours, preliminary sketch, dilute glaze musculature. Shoe on right foot of figure facing right.
Exhibition History
- Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/15/1997 - 12/28/1997
Verification Level
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