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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1809.5
Title
Rim Sherd of Cup or Bowl with Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Greece
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
Period
Helladic period, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328245

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 1.8 W. 2.4 Th. 0.3-0.4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne, Esq. From the site of Mycenae.

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
1977.216.1809.5
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rim sherd of cup or bowl. Brown-red on buff. Band at lip on interior and exterior, with small quirk motif below. Glaze lustrous, though sherd of the top of the day that the long line of is encrusted and weathered. Buff fabric. LHIIIB-Early LHIIIC

Verification Level

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