- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1935.35.68.2
- Title
- Sherd
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 3rd millennium BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Vasiliki (Crete)
- Period
- Minoan period, Early Minoan II
- Culture
- Minoan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/329954
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- H. 6.2 x W. 8.9 x Th. (body) 0.2 cm (2 7/16 x 3 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Thickness at rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
- Provenance
- Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
- Accession Year
- 1935
- Object Number
- 1935.35.68.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- (Second in from right, top row in image.) Spout pierced just below rim. The surface has a fine slip and is intentionally mottled, characteristic of the ware. Reddish fabric. Some pits, scratches, interior of spout encrusted. Handmade. On interior, in ink, "Vasilike 2200"; it is unclear is this is identifying the site, the ware, or both.
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