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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.29
People
Probably school of Euergides, Greek
Title
Red-figure Kylix: Youth Running to Right
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 525-500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291676

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
7.1 x 18 cm (2 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
JCH purchased in Athens in 1890s.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.29
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Interior: Nude youth running to right wearing a vine wreath in his hair. Outline of hair reserved and applied purple, now faded, used for the wreath. Poor execution. The vase is entirely covered with a fair black glaze except for the border of the interior medallion, edge of foot, and panel under each handle.

Publication History

  • Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926)

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