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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.256.219
Title
Jar
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
700-1000 CE
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287382

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass
Dimensions
7.1 x 6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.256.219
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Brownish iridescent surface, true color not visible beneath layers.

Publication History

  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 264/fig. 157

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

Verification Level

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