FragmentsGreek6th-5th century BCE

Fragment of an Attic Red-figure Cup, Int.: palmette border; side A: cattle hoof to left, palmette border

c. 500 BCE

Artists

NikosthenesArtist

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Red-figure

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th-5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

greatest dimen.: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

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