1977.216.331.1: Body Sherd Of Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.331.1
- Title
- Body Sherd Of Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 16th-13th century BCE
- Places
- Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
- Period
- Helladic period, Late
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/287524
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 3.1 W. 3 Th. 0.8
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.331.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Body sherd of jar or jug. Red-brown to orange paint on cream. Two thick horizontal bands of paint around vessel. Pinkish fabric. Encrusted and chipped and deep scratches. Upper left in image.
Verification Level
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