- Identification and Creation
-
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2157.4
- Title
- Footed Base With Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
- Period
- Minoan period, Late
- Culture
- Minoan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/328723
- Physical Descriptions
-
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 3 W. 5 D. of base 3.6 Th. 0.7 base, 0.4 vessel wall
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Gifted by Dr. A.S. Pease. 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, Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2157.4
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
- Descriptions
-
- Description
- Footed base of an ovoid jar. Red-brown on buff. Disc base is painted solid. 3 groups of 2, quickly painted vertical bands of paint from the base. Interior has red paint drop. Pink-buff fabric. Paint chipped and cracked.
-
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu