1977.216.1797.2: Body Sherd of Closed Vesse with Painted Decoration. Imported Mycenaean.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1977.216.1797.2

Title

Body Sherd of Closed Vesse with Painted Decoration. Imported Mycenaean.

Classification

Fragments

Work Type

sherd

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos)

Period

Cycladic period, Late

Culture

Mycenaean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/328224

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

H. 6.1 W. 6.8 Th. 0.5

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

1977.216.1797.2

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Body sherd of closed vessel, such as a piriform jar. Buff slip on grey fabric with 2 thick bands of orange-red paint, and part of a spiral intersecting the top band. The paint has faded, and is discolored to a grey-brown on the right portion of the sherd. Large chips and scratches. Voids, pits and a few large in fabric. Imported Mycenaean. LHIIA.

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