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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.350
Title
Large Incised Plate
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Veii (Etruria)
Culture
Etruscan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287569

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
actual: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)

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
1977.216.350
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The plate is marked with two small incisions of crosses on its bottom side -- one in the center, and one on the side.

Publication History

  • Susan Costello, Katherine Eremin, Georgina Rayner, and Arthur McClelland, "An overview of manganese dioxide accretions and their reduction on an ancient Greek terracotta vase", Objects Specialty Group Postprints, American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (Washington, DC, 2021), vol. 25, pp. 9-30, pp. 14-15, 17, fig. 5

Verification Level

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