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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.123
Title
Depressed-ovoid Conical Ewer
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1500 BCE-1400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Salamis (Cyprus)
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291111

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
29 cm (11 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Reportedly from Salamis, Cyprus. 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
1959
Object Number
1959.123
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Ribbed handle, plastic band around throat to mimic riveting. 3 large papyrus-argonauts on shoulder. Below handle there are 2 // vertical wavy lines. There are 2 thick bands around the base of the vessel. There is a band around throat, and 3 thick bands around neck and under the spout. Handle and lip are also painted red. Spout slightly pinched. Orange-buff slip with red paint, paint well preserved on shoulder, though below belly vessel is weathered, chipped, slight encrustation.

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. 6

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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