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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1796.3
Title
Rim Sherd Of Open Vessel (Cylindrical Cup Or Bowl) With Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Period
Minoan period, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/327891

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 3.3 W. 1.9 Th. 0.3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne, Esq. From the site of Knossos on Crete.

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
1977.216.1796.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rim sherd of open vessel (a cylindrical cup or bowl). Red on cream slip, burnished. Band of red paint at lip, with bivalve shell below with 2 tick marks on either side (as if in quotation marks) Inside red slip, fine pinkish fabric, wheelmade. Paint worn off at lip, some encrustation. Probably LHIIIA2 (c. 1375-1300).

Verification Level

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