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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1839.7
Title
Neck of Jug with Pricked Barbotine and Kamares Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Period
Minoan period, Middle Minoan II
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328240

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 4 W. 4.2 Th. 0.2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned by Dr. G. H. Chase. From the site of Phaistos, Crete.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from Dr. George H. Chase
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.1839.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Neck and throat of jug with Pricked and dragged Barbotine ware and Polychrome Kamares. The exterior is slipped matt black-brown. There are 3 ribs at the throat, and 3 diagonal rows of tiny, pricked-and-dragged barbotine decoration, leaning to the left. From the throat upwards to the right is a diagonal band of orange-red paint. A series of 8 small white dots run around the throat between the bottom two ribs. The peaks of the pricks also have some white paint. The slip terminates on the interior and is more grey. There are 3 additional rows vertically placed pricked-and-dragged barbotine decoration on the interior. Red-brown fabric, egg-shell thin.

Verification Level

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