1995.18.39: Fragment of a Red-figure Calyx-Krater: Warrior Holding Shield and Spear

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.18.39

Title

Fragment of a Red-figure Calyx-Krater: Warrior Holding Shield and Spear

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Date

c. 360-350 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apulia

Period

Classical period, Late

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287602

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

greatest dimen.: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Jonathan H. Kagan, Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Karvounis, Ian M. Watson McLaughlin, Nicholas S. Zoullas and the Florence Gould Foundation, and the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing, Director's Discretionary and Marian H. Phinney Funds

Accession Year

1995

Object Number

1995.18.39

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Side A: warrior holding shield and spear to right, bridled head of horse with topknot on forehead to left. Partial relief contour. Horizontal relief line at top of fragment indicates top of figure zone. Five red dots for bosses on horse bridle. Thickness at top 1.0 cm, thickness at bottom 1.1 cm.

Publication History

• Aaron J. Paul, "Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Spring 1997), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 7-87, fig. 182

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