Body Sherd of Jar with Painted Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.252.19
Title: Body Sherd of Jar with Painted Decoration
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: 2nd millennium BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessaly
Period: Helladic period
Culture: Mycenaean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291807

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: H.3.5 W. 3.9 Th. 0.2

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: 1960.252.19
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Brown-black glaze with trace of white paint; 2 slightly diagonal bands to the left, and a third going to the right. Glaze and paint nearly worn off. Buff fabric.

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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1960.252.19: Body Sherd of Jar with Painted Decoration