1977.216.1781.3: Body Sherd Of Pithos With Painted Decoration And Rope.
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1781.3
- Title
- Body Sherd Of Pithos With Painted Decoration And Rope.
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
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Creation Place: Europe, Greece
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Melos - Period
- Cycladic period
- Culture
- Cycladic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/327800
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Handmade
- Dimensions
- H. 11 W. 8.5 T. 1.1 to 1.6 at plastic additions.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transfer from the Department of Classics, Harvard University, G.G. Van Rensselaer Fund. Originally loaned by Geo H. Browne, Esq. 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
- 1977.216.1781.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Red-brown on buff body sherd of pithos. 2 "splashed" // horizontal lines and rope plastic. Coarse, thick, many white inclusions. Incompletely fired (grey core). Native Geometric Style, (ECyc. III-MCyc. I)
Verification Level
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