1959.123: Depressed-ovoid Conical Ewer

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

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