2000.35: Bowl with Painted Magical Inscriptions
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.35
- Title
- Bowl with Painted Magical Inscriptions
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 400-700
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186034
Location
- Location
-
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wax resist
- Dimensions
- 6.7 x 15.9 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Richard C. Brockway, acquired this object in the early 1960s.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.35
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- "Incantation Bowl": Unglazed ceramic bowl with rounded bottom. Magical inscriptions encircling interior.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025
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