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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.456
Title
Bowl with Lug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
2500-2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Bronze Age, Early
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215959

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Unglazed
Dimensions
9 x 16 cm (3 9/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Penha Collection, Cyprus. Stuart Cary Welch, Warner, NH (by 1954), transfer; to the Edith I. Welch 2004 Trust (2008-2016), transfer; to The Welch Family Holdings, LLC, Thomas C. Welch, Manager, Cambridge, MA (2016-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Note: Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008). Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums (1976-2008) and Special Consultant in charge of the department of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1979-1987.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the family of Edith and Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.456
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Red-polished II black-topped ware

Verification Level

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