1966.20: Beak-Spouted Jar with Dark-on-Light Painted Decoration
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1966.20
- Title
- Beak-Spouted Jar with Dark-on-Light Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 3rd millennium BCE
- Places
- Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Palaikastroi (Crete)
- Period
- Minoan period, Early Minoan III
- Culture
- Minoan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290303
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- H. 13.8, D. 9.2
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Gift of the Schimmel Foundation. From Palaikastro, Crete.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Schimmel Foundation
- Accession Year
- 1966
- Object Number
- 1966.20
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Flat base. 3 bands of paint around throat and neck. Lip also painted. thick, quick brush work encricling where the round-handle joins body. Heavy burnishing marks evident. Paint is very faded, vessel cracked and restored.
Verification Level
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