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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.18.18.A-B
Title
Two Fragments of a Bess
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 705-695 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cerveteri (Etruria)
Period
Late Period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Faience with glazed exterior surfaces
Dimensions
A, face, greatest dim.: L. 6.8 x Th. 2.2 cm (2 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
B, greatest dim.: L. 7.5 x Th. 2.5 cm (2 15/16 x 1 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. J. Robert Guy, Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar, New York (1994-1995), sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
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
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.18.18.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Aaron J. Paul, "Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Spring 1997), vol. V, no. 2, pp. 7-87, not in catalogue

Verification Level

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