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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.35.22.B
Title
Body Fragment of Imported Mycenaean Krater with Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
15th century BCE
Places
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phylakopi (Melos)
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIB
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292025

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 6.8 x W. 9.1 xTh. 0.8 cm (2 11/16 x 3 9/16 x 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler. From the site of Phylakopi on Melos.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
1935.35.22.B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Brown-on-brown. Two large, elegantly painted running spirals between horizontal bands around the vessel body. Grey fabric fired buff. Coarse, porus fabric with many inclusions, and many white inclusions in fabric surface.

Verification Level

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