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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.252.53
Title
Body Sherd of Kamares Ware Jar
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
16th-15th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Greece
Period
Minoan period, Middle Minoan II
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291008

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Wheel-made

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bequest of David M. Robinson.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.252.53
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
From an open jar. Kamares Ware painted decoration; a large, thick spiral in white paint atop a black slip. The interior has a thick, diagonal band of dark brown-red slip. Exterior paint is very faded, and the slip is exteremly chipped. Pinkish buff fabric. MM IIB

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 7, no. 2

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