1977.216.1805.1: Rim Of Hole-Mouthed Vessel With Imitation Mycenaean Painted Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.1805.1

Title

Rim Of Hole-Mouthed Vessel With Imitation Mycenaean Painted Decoration

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos)
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos)

Period

Cycladic period, Late

Culture

Mycenaean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287148

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

H. 2.1 W. 4.5 Th. Body 0.4, 0.8 at lip

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loan from George H. Browne Esq.From the site of Phylakopi on Melos.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from George H. Browne

Accession Year

1977

Object Number

1977.216.1805.1

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Rim of hole mouth vessel, which was a two-handled, spouted shape. Red and brown paint on brown-buff. 5 brown foliat bands on lip, in between areas of red. There is a band of red paint below the lip, and and the remains of 3 large brown dots, probably a larger foliate band or pendant motif. The main motif on hole-mouth jars was typically hatched-loop, though Marine Style (but not the octopus) does occur. Buff fabric with many voids and inclusions. Probably LHI-II

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