1935.35.22.D: Body Sherd of Cup with Tortoise-Shell Ripple Ware Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.35.22.D
- Title
- Body Sherd of Cup with Tortoise-Shell Ripple Ware Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 2nd millennium BCE
- Places
- Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
- Period
- Minoan period, Middle Minoan IA
- Culture
- Minoan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291973
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 3.9 x W. 5 x Th. 0.5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler. From the site of Knossos, Crete.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.35.22.D
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The exterior has a thick band of streak brown paint, above which are thick and thin //, vertical "ripple" (wiggly) lines. The interior is monochrome streaky. Highly burnished and lustrous. Irregular lump in fabric on surface. Red fabric.
Verification Level
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