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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.259
Title
Basket-handled Feeder
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-11th century BCE
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291086

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 12, D. 9.5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.259
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Six brush-stroke stripes on handle, lips, spout and neck painted at joins with body. Thick, irregular wavy line motif on shoulder, thick concenctric bands at belly and below. Footed. Buff slip with red paint, sratched, chipped, some encrustaiton.

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. 8, no. 10

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Verification Level

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