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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.2
Title
Fragmentary Relief Pinax with Sphinx and Griffin
Classification
Plaques
Work Type
plaque
Date
c. 600 BCE-570 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288249

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
actual: 8 x 11.2 x 1 cm (3 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Sphinx (S) 232.

Exhibition History

  • The Centaur’s Smile : the human animal in early Greek art, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 10/11/2003 - 01/18/2004; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 02/22/2004 - 05/16/2004

Verification Level

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