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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.32
Title
Vase in the Form of a Female Figure
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
early 1st millennium BCE
Culture
Near Eastern
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289010

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Schimmel Foundation, Inc.
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.32
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Herbert D. Hoffmann, ed., The Beauty of Ancient Art: Classical Antiquity, Near East, Egypt. Exhibition of the Norbert Schimmel Collection, November 15, 1964 to February 14, 1965, exh. cat., Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Mainz, 1964), no. 72.
  • Jürgen Stettgast, Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, New York, exh. cat., Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Mainz, 1978), no. 159.

Exhibition History

  • The Beauty of Ancient Art: the Norbert Schimmel Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1964 - 02/14/1965
  • Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, 03/18/1978 - 05/28/1978; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 06/24/1978 - 09/03/1978; Archäologische Staatssammlung München - Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, 09/28/1978 - 01/06/1979

Verification Level

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