1960.252.54: Body Sherd of Open Jar
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.252.54
- Title
- Body Sherd of Open Jar
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 17th-16th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece
- Period
- Minoan period, Late Minoan IB
- Culture
- Minoan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291496
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. W. 6.1 Th. 0.2-0.4
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
- 1960.252.54
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Body sherd of open jar. White paint on red slip. Two arching, nested 'V's, which formed a pendant motif. Interior has thick diagonal band of red slip. Orange-buff fabric. White paint faded, chipped slip.
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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