About the Artwork
Pitcher
between 750 and 720 BCE
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Greek
Unknown
Clay
Overall: 8 7/8 × 8 1/4 inches (22.6 × 21 cm) Overall (diam. of mouth): 2 5/16 inches (5.8 cm)
Ceramics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
76.97
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
Collection Charles Seltman
(Charles Ede, Ltd., London, England)
1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chittenden, J. and Seltman, C. Greek Art: A Comparative Catalogue. London, 1947, cat. 48, pl. 9.
Lane, A. Greek Pottery. New York, 1949 (1971?), p. 26, (fig. 11b).
Corinthian and East Greek Pottery. Sales cat., Charles Ede, Ltd. London, September 1976, cat. 12, (repr.).
Peck, W. H. "Curatorial Reports--Ancient Art," Bulletin of the DIA 56, no. 1 (1977): pp. 17-20, pp. 18-19, (fig. 8).
Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, December 22, 1979 - February 24, 1980, p. 3, cat. 2 [exh. organized by W. G. Moon and L Berge.]
Cuomo di Caprio, N. La Galleria di falsi. Rome, 1993, p.273, (repr.) no. 2 [as Charles
Seltman collection; compared with a fake Geometric Period oinochoe.]
From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer. Exh. cat., University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archeology, Berkeley University Art Museum, HUAM, Sackler Museum. Missouri, California, Massachusettes, October 9, 1993-June 19, 1994, cat.
Madigan, B. Corinthian and Attic Vases in the Detroit Institute of Arts. In Monumenta Graeca et Romana, vol. 12. Leiden/Boston, 2008, p. 1, cat. 1, (fig. 1).
Elliott, Benjamin. The Sun, the Seasons, and the Swastika: A Guide to One of the World's Oldest Symbols. 2023, no. 2 (ill.) [unpaginated].
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Greek, Pitcher, between 750 and 720 BCE, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 76.97.
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