1977.216.1781.2: Body Sherd With Native Geometric Style, Matt Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1781.2
- Title
- Body Sherd With Native Geometric Style, Matt Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Melos
- Period
- Cycladic period
- Culture
- Cycladic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/327799
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Handmade
- Dimensions
- H. 6 W. 3.9 T. 0.6
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne, Esq. From the site Phylakopi on Melos. From the site of Phylakopi on Melos.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from George H. Browne
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1781.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Orange-brown on white slip. 4 // diagonal lines between 2 bands. Incompletely fired sherd, closed vessel. Handmade. Coarse, with many white inclusions on surface. Native Geometric Style, Matt Painted Ware (MCyc. I-II)
Verification Level
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