Straight-sided Three-handled Alabastron (Angular Squat Jar)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.60
Title: Straight-sided Three-handled Alabastron (Angular Squat Jar)
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1375-1300 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period: Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA
Culture: Mycenaean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292845

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 9.5 x 12 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year: 1920
Object Number: 1920.44.60
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The sides are slightly concave and the bottom is slightly rounded. Short splaying collar neck with flaring rim. The handles join at the shoulder and have zonal U's around vessel body, but not under the handles. U's do not touch top or bottom lines. Concentric thick and thin bands around body and on base. Gray-pink clay with buff slip with red-range paint, chipped.

Verification Level

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