Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Kyathos: side A, fight, warriors with Boeotian shields, gorgoneion shield device

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1995.18.26
People: Near to Psiax, Greek (active 520-510 BCE)
Title: Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Kyathos: side A, fight, warriors with Boeotian shields, gorgoneion shield device
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: c. 520 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period: Archaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/288349

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: greatest dimen.: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 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.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Beazley Archive Database #21898

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: 1995.18.26
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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, p.23; p.47, fig.9
Delphine Tonglet, Le Kyathos Attique de Madame Teithurnai: échanges artisanaux et interactions culturelles entre Grecs et Étrusques en Méditerranée archaïque, CReA-Patrimoine (Bruxelles, 2018), vol. 1: III.08, pp. 190-191; vol. 2: III.08, pp. 67, 114

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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1995.18.26: Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Kyathos: side A, fight, warriors with Boeotian shields, gorgoneion shield device