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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.252.33
Title
Rim Of Bowl With Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
16th-13th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessaly
Period
Helladic period, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291385

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 3.3 W. 3.6 Th. 0.3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bequest of David M. Robinson.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.252.33
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bowl probably stemmed. Red-brown on cream. Outer edge of rim has thin band of paint. On exterior, there is a thick band of paint below the rim, and indiscernible fragments of a vertically placed motif. On the interior, there is a band around the interior just below the rim. Pinkish-buff clay. Chipped and encrusted.

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

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