1935.35.12: Two-handled Globular-squat Alabastron (Squat Jar)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.35.12
- Title
- Two-handled Globular-squat Alabastron (Squat Jar)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
- Period
- Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291971
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 9.4 D 14
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Misses Bettina J. Kahnweiler
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.35.12
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Concave short neck and splaying rim. Rounded handles are verically placed on shoulder. Three running spirals between handles, above and below which are thick concentric circles around the vessel, with thinner ones on bottom. Sloppy ivy-like derivative filling on one side and under one handle. Dark brown on buff. Chipped lip, cracked and weathered.
Verification Level
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