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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.7
Title
Piriform Aryballos
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 650 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; reddish yellow clay with slip, decoration in dark brown glaze
Dimensions
6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1898, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Intact. Star pattern and row of dots on rim, stripes on handle. On shoulder, two canines to right. On body, checker border, zone of four canines to right with dots in field, concentric stripes and rays on foot. Execution rather hasty.

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)
  • George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 112.

Exhibition History

  • Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950
  • The Age of Homer, University Museum, University of Philadelphia, 10/10/1969 - 03/14/1970

Verification Level

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