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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.44
Title
Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Winged Eros Holding a Box
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 420-390 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292366

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; reddish yellow clay, black glaze
Technique
Red-figure
Dimensions
11 cm (4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased in Athens, 1898.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13225

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year
1925
Object Number
1925.30.44
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Winged Eros to right holding a box. Hair outline reserved.

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)

Verification Level

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