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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.145
Title
Mastoid (cup): Satyrs Teasing a Goat
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 525-500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291265

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
H. 9.3 x diam. 10.8 cm (3 11/16 x 4 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
E. P. Warren, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13407

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of E. P. Warren
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.145
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Intact black-figure, handled mastoid cup. Figural decoration on a white ground; reserved stripe around the lower body.

On both sides, a pair of satyrs flank a goat. In profile, the nude satyrs bend over and reach towards the goat, their right hands touching a vine. Added red is used for the satyrs's beards.The goats are male with full horns and beards as well as added red dots surrounding their neck. The background is decorated with twisting vines.

Publication History

  • Beazley Archive: Classical Art Research Centre, website, University of Oxford, accessed August 14, 2009, http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/0AF39762-D87E-41AC-94AB-8781CFA10C9A
  • George H. Chase and Mary Zelia Pease, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 8, Fogg Museum and Gallatin Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1942), p. 39, pl. 359, 21.5

Verification Level

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