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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.56
Title
Two Handled Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292843

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
10.4 x 13.4 cm (4 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

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
1920.44.56
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Gray clay with black and red decoration. Exterior decorated with concentric circles near lip and a scored line that separates the body into vertical panels with alternating stripes and blank spaces decorated with Xs, circles and dots. Handles and foot painted black. Bands on foot. Bottom reads "Cyprus 1874"

Verification Level

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