FragmentsGreek6th-5th century BCE

Red-figure cup fragment, Side A: head wearing sakkos and earring, of female figure in chiton, to left

c. 500 BCE

Description

Relief contours; dilute glaze for fold of chiton; cf. Oltos, Ashby Painter.

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 dim. 3.4 cm (1 5/16 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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