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Red-figure Cup Fragment: man in himation seated on stool
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Interior: continuous meander to left; Side A: part of tendril under handle; male in himation seated on stool to right, right hand on hip, holding stick in left hand. Full relief contours; dilute glaze musculature; preliminary sketch. Thickness at top 0.3 cm, thickness at center of tondo border 0.42 cm, thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.42 cm.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Dr. J. Robert Guy Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar New York (1994-1995) sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Purchase through the generosity of Jonathan H. Kagan Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Karvounis Ian M. Watson McLaughlin Nicholas S. Zoullas and the Florence Gould Foundation and the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Director's Discretionary and Marian H. Phinney Funds
Title: Red-figure Cup Fragment: man in himation seated on stool
Description:
Interior: continuous meander to left; Side A: part of tendril under handle; male in himation seated on stool to right, right hand on hip, holding stick in left hand.
Full relief contours; dilute glaze musculature; preliminary sketch.
Thickness at top 0.
3 cm, thickness at center of tondo border 0.
42 cm, thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.
42 cm.
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