1920.44.129: Fragment
Fragments
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.129
- Title
- Fragment
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- fragment
- Date
- n.d.
- Culture
- Unidentified culture
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/303825
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper alloy
- Technique
- Hammered
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm (1 5/16 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
- Technical Details
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Technical Observations: The patina is green with areas of underlying red. Brown burial accretions are also present. The object is deeply mineralized but stable.
Henry Lie (submitted 2012)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art 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
- 1920.44.129
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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This is a piece of scrap metal, possibly cut into this shape purposefully. It is slightly curved. On the convex side, it is very smooth. On the concave side, it is rougher. This is probably the fragment of a copper alloy vessel. The date and culture cannot be established.
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Bronzes
Verification Level
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