Tuesday, October 2, 6–7:15pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
Robert Koehl, of Hunter College, and Kimberley Patton, of Harvard, will explore why animal shapes were such popular forms for ancient vessels. More
Saturday, October 13, 4–7pm
Harvard Ceramics Program
Works inspired by our Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition are on view at the Harvard Ceramics Program in Allston. During this opening reception, the public will have the chance to enrich their viewing experience through a hands-on encounter with materials and process. More
Friday, November 2, 2–3:45pm
Harvard Ceramics Program
Silversmith Adam Whitney will apply traditional techniques used in creating some of the silver objects in our special exhibition. More
Saturday, November 3, 10am–4pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
This symposium will bring together art historians, a conservator, a numismatist, and a silversmith to explore the enduring appeal of silver. More
Exhibition tours will be offered on select Wednesdays at 3:30pm and select Saturdays at 10:30am, during these free admission hours. Check the calendar for the full schedule.
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Crucial support for the Animal-Shaped Vessels project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor. In addition, the Harvard Art Museums are deeply grateful to the anonymous donor of a gift in memory of Melvin R. Seiden and to Malcolm H. Wiener (Harvard A.B. ’57, J.D. ’63) and Michael and Helen Lehmann for enabling us to mount this exhibition and to pursue the related research. This work was also made possible in part by the following endowed funds: the David M. Robinson Fund; the Andrew W. Mellon Publication Funds, including the Henry P. McIlhenny Fund; and the M. Victor Leventritt Fund, which brings outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935.
Image: Rhyton with the forepart of a griffin, Achaemenid, 5th–4th century BCE. Silver, partially gilded. The British Museum, London, Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, 1897,1231.178 (124081). © The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.
  
  
 
  
  
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