FragmentsGreek5th century BCE

Fourteen Fragments of an Attic Red-figure White-ground Cup; fragment A, side A: Warriors' departure; helmeted head of standing warrior to right, frontal, holding spear(?) in upraised right hand, and shield with bearded snake device

c. 470 BCE

Artists

The Boot PainterArtist

Classification

Fragments

Technique

White-ground

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Early

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

greatest dimen. (fragment A, greatest dimen.): 5.4 cm (2 1/8 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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