1920.44.1: Two-Handled Vase
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.1
- Title
- Two-Handled Vase
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292477
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 8 x 7.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Signed: Bottom reads "Cyprus 1874"
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.
Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- White with faded black decoration. Two handles, flat lip with chip. Spherical body with wide neck and handles that extend from the lip to the shoulder. Concentric circles on body between the base of the handles. Bands below circles. Base reads "Cyprus 1874."
Verification Level
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