1977.216.1792.4: Body Sherd Of Large, Closed Vessel, (Piriform Jar) with Painted Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.1792.4

Title

Body Sherd Of Large, Closed Vessel, (Piriform Jar) with Painted Decoration

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Period

Cycladic period, Late

Culture

Mycenaean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/328214

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

H. 3.4 W. 4.3 Th. 0.3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Transferred 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

1977.216.1792.4

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Body sherd from large, closed vessel, probably a piriform jar. Streaky orange-red to brown paint cream slip. Two large, thinly-painted linked spirals, with another stem. The stem and thicker band linking the spirals has fine white paint atop the darker brown. Lustrous, though some chips and scratches. Fine, red-orange fabric with some inclusions, wheel-made. Imported Mycenaean. LHIIIA1 (c. 1400-1375 BCE). Joins with 1977.216.1792.5.

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