Body Sherd of Palace Style Jar | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.1839.8
Title: Body Sherd of Palace Style Jar
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Period: Minoan period, Late Minoan IIIA
Culture: Minoan
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/328241

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: H. 2.6 W. 4.6 Th. 0.5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned by Dr. G. H. Chase. From the site of Knossos, 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: 1977.216.1839.8
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Body sherd of Palace Style Jar (piriform jar). Black-brown paint on cream slip. Probably depicted a floral motif; only curvilinear bands of various thickness remain.
Pinkish fabric. Paint slightly cracking. LM IIIA2.

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