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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.104.33
Title
Apulian Krater Fragment in Gnathian Style with Phlyax Scene
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
350-300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gnathia (Apulia)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54264

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
6.6 x 11 x 4 cm (2 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hesperia Art (Robert Hecht with Dr. V. Clain-Steanelli as agent), May 1952.] purchase; Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, (1952-2007), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.104.33
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Fragment of a large, open vessel with comic or phlyax actor, wearing a padded costume, reaching down to pick up a large winged phallus. Buff fabric with glossy black slip and overpainting in Gnathian style.

Formerly TL39339.58.

Publication History

  • A. D. Trendall, Phylax Vases, University of London Institute of Classical Studies (1967), No. 182
  • Martin Revermann, Comic Business: Theatricalilty, Dramatic Technique, and Performance Contexts of Aristophanic Comedy (Oxford, England, 2006)

Verification Level

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