Harvard Art Museums > 1960.252.17: Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration Fragments Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration , 1960.252.17,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/291304. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.252.17 Title Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration Classification Fragments Work Type sherd Date 15th-14th century BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis) Period Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA Culture Mycenaean Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/291304 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Wheel-made Dimensions H. 2.8 W.2.8 Th. 0.3 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Bequest of David M. Robinson. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.252.17 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Brown on buff. Three bands around vessel on upper shoulder, with a row of small dots below, along with 3 small spirals from the same stem, perhaps part of an argonaut motif. Buff fabric with voids. Lustrous, burnishing evident, though paint is slightly faded. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
