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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.252.14
Title
Rim of Deep Bowl with Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
12th-11th century BCE
Places
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291804

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 3.7 W. 5.3 Th. 0.3-0.5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bequest of David M. Robinson. From the site of Mycenae.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.252.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Slightly out-turned rim. Red-brown paint on cream slip. Band on lip and rim, with a paneled motif that resembles a ladder with two pointed rungs. The interior has a thick band around the vessel below the rim. Buff fabric with some voids. Lustrous, though encrusted and pitted.

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

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