1969.177.19: Bowl
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1969.177.19
- Title
- Bowl
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- late 8th-early 7th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
- Period
- Iron Age
- Culture
- Iranian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/304187
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Copper alloy
- Technique
- Cast and hammered
- Dimensions
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8.8 x 10 x 0.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 15/16)
mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.) - Technical Details
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Technical Observations: The patina is greenish black with encrustations. The object features cracks, small losses, and deformations, but it is otherwise intact. The vessel was formed by hammering (raising and sinking) a cast ingot.
Carol Snow (submitted 2002)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Harry J. Denberg, New York, NY (by 1969), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Harry J. Denberg
- Accession Year
- 1969
- Object Number
- 1969.177.19
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- The Art of Luristan, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, 10/04/1970 - 10/29/1970; Chapel Arts Center, Manchester, 11/08/1970 - 12/22/1970
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Bronzes
Verification Level
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