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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.281
Title
Skyphos with Birds and Flowers
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 750-735 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Geometric period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291091

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; black and red glaze
Dimensions
7.6 cm (3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From near Athens.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.281
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rim: dotted band. Body: panel frieze of birds, flowers, swastikas. Bands lower portion. Horizontal loop handles: dots. Interior: glazed, reserved band. Restored and repainted.

Publication History

  • David Moore Robinson, "The Robinson Collection of Greek Gems, Seals, Rings, and Earrings", Hesperia Supplements (1949), Vol. 8, 305-323, 475-480, p. 310, no. 7, pl. 40.7a.
  • Susan Langdon, ed., From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, exh. cat., University of Missouri Press (Columbia, MO, 1993), p. 190-91, no. 74.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • The Age of Homer, University Museum, University of Philadelphia, 10/10/1969 - 03/14/1970
  • From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, 10/09/1993 - 12/05/1993

Verification Level

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