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Red figure cup fragment: Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man

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Interior: head and shoulders of a bearded man wearing a thick fillet facing right, h imation folds at left shoulder. Side A: toes of right foot, end of staff, heel of figure moving to right. Single reserve line for ground line. Relief contours; preliminary sketch on interior; dilute glaze for beard on cheek, and for fillet. Relief contours on exterior. Greatest dim. 3.9 cm.; thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.34 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
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Title: Red figure cup fragment: Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man
Description:
Interior: head and shoulders of a bearded man wearing a thick fillet facing right, h imation folds at left shoulder.
Side A: toes of right foot, end of staff, heel of figure moving to right.
Single reserve line for ground line.
Relief contours; preliminary sketch on interior; dilute glaze for beard on cheek, and for fillet.
Relief contours on exterior.
Greatest dim.
3.
9 cm.
; thickness at center of exterior ground line 0.
34 cm.

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