Red-figure Cup Fragment: Youth in Himation
FragmentsGreek5th century BCE

Red-figure Cup Fragment: Youth in Himation

c. 470 BCE

Artists

The Painter of the Paris GigantomachyArtist

Description

Stopt maeanders with cross squares, Side A: under handle lyriform palmette; youth in himation with boots leaning on stick to right. No relief contours; glaze slightly metallic. Greatest dimenson 7.4 cm, thickness at top edge 0.3 cm, thickness at center of tondo border 0.50 cm, thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.50 cm.

Classification
Fragments
Technique
Red-figure
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

7.4 cm (2 15/16 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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