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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.265
Title
Shaved Ware Jug
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1500-1100 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Bronze Age, Late
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291068

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; grayish white clay with no slip
Dimensions
H. 12.9 x diam. 5.5 cm (5 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From Egypt.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.265
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Cypriote Late Bronze Age. Spindle-shaped body with pinched lip and pointed base; handle from lip to shoulder, lower portion of body scraped vertically with knife. Shaping marks evident in clay.

Publication History

  • Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926)
  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 9, no. 16

Verification Level

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