1935.35.22.B: Body Fragment of Imported Mycenaean Krater with Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.35.22.B
- Title
- Body Fragment of Imported Mycenaean Krater with Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 15th century BCE
- Places
- Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos)
- Period
- Helladic period, Late Helladic IIB
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292025
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 6.8 x W. 9.1 xTh. 0.8 cm (2 11/16 x 3 9/16 x 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler. From the site of Phylakopi on Melos.
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.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Brown-on-brown. Two large, elegantly painted running spirals between horizontal bands around the vessel body. Grey fabric fired buff. Coarse, porus fabric with many inclusions, and many white inclusions in fabric surface.
Verification Level
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