1977.216.1789.7: Flat-bowl With Bridge-spout With Native Geometric Mattpainted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1789.7
- Title
- Flat-bowl With Bridge-spout With Native Geometric Mattpainted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
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Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Melos
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Melos - Period
- Cycladic period
- Culture
- Cycladic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/327844
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Handmade
- Dimensions
- H. 2.1 W. 5.6 L. 6.5 ( 9.0 including spout) Th. 0.6
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George 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
- 1977.216.1789.7
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Flat-bowl with bridge-spout. Red monochrome interior and base. Brown on buff bands below lip, base (brushwork begining under spout), and on edges of spout. 2 thin, //, vertical bands to the left of the spout between the horizontal bands around vessel, and 2 bands around the underside of the spout. Red fabric with large inclusions. Handmade. Weathered, pitted, and lip chipped. Native Geometric Mattpainted Black and Red Style (MCyc. II-MCycIII).
Verification Level
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