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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2143.2
Title
Shouler Of Open Vessel With Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thera (Aegean Islands)
Period
Cycladic period, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328719

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 4.4 W. 4.8 Th. 0.7

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Gift of Dr. A.S. Pease. Reportedly from the island of Thera.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2143.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shoulder of open vessel. Thick-walled. Thin, streaky bands of streaky brownish paint on unslipped surface. Interior monochrome slipped. Yellow-grey fabric.

Verification Level

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