1966.126: Flask
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1966.126
- Title
- Flask
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 2nd millennium BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
- Period
- Bronze Age, Late
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/290419
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 11.6 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm (4 9/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 13/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart C. Welch
- Accession Year
- 1966
- Object Number
- 1966.126
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Gourd shaped body. White ground with red paint. Some paint around neck and handle has washed off. Lip is chipped and uneven. Handle has string-hole. Decoration alternates cross-hatched areas with zig-zag lines. Front of flask has mineral deposits/salt marks.
Verification Level
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