Harvard Art Museums > 1955.177: Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Charioteer Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Charioteer (Briachos Class) , 1955.177,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291109. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1955.177 People Briachos Class Title Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Charioteer Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica Period Archaic period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291109 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Black-figure Dimensions actual: 19.69 x 7.94 cm (7 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Elie Borowski. The Leon and Harriet Pomerance Foundation, Great Neck, NY, (by 1955) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Leon and Harriet Pomerance Foundation, Inc. Accession Year 1955 Object Number 1955.177 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Black figure oinochoe. The figural zone depicts a charioteer driving a quadriga (four-horse chariot). Publication History J. D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1956), 697.6 M. Del Chiaro, Classical Vases in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, American Journal of Archaeology (1964), 68.2, p. 109, pl. 36:6 J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, The Clarendon Press (Oxford, England, 1971), 186 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
