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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.245.A
Title
Two Joined Fragments of a Vessel
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Culture
Cypriot
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291643

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
19 x 20.5 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.245.A
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The fragments are composed of a buff-colored clay with cream slip and black decoration. The exterior has a slightly raised rim which must have been the base of the vessel and is decoraged with a concentric circle and checkered lozenge pattern within larger black circles. The interior is decorated with simple concentric circles.

Verification Level

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