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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.104.29
Title
Skyphos decorated in Gnathian Style
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
350 BCE-300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, South Italy
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/57003

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
8.5 x 6.2 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Part of original McDaniel gift of 1943. Included in a non-comprehensive list of McDaniel objects dated October 25, 1946.

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
2007.104.29
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Reddish-buff fabric with lustrous black slip. Ring-based foot. Between the horizontal loop handles on the front of the vessel are a stylized wave pattern and a wavy line between double incised lines. Below are alternating vine leaves, tendrils, and sylized bunches of grapes in added white and yellow above double white lines. Beneath these are double tear drops in yellow.

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