1977.216.1805.3: Rim Of Alabastron With Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1805.3
- Title
- Rim Of Alabastron With Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
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Creation Place: Europe, Greece
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos) - Period
- Cycladic period, Late
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/328229
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 2 W. 4.2 Th. 0.3
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loan 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
- 1977.216.1805.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Rim of alabastron. Brown-red paint on cream-buff. Lip painted dark brown. Row of 10 small dots around rim. Red-brown band at neck, with 4 loops below, motif not discernable. Interior of rim has a thick, quickly painted band of red paint. Buff fabric. Paint cracking, and flaked off. Probably LHIIA
Verification Level
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