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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1895.183
Title
Jar Fragment With Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIA
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293076

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 4.2 W. 4.2 Th. 0.3-0.4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Accession Year
1895
Object Number
1895.183
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Fragment of closed vessel with painted decoration, a large red-brwon spiral with 6 loops on a cream slip. There is a thicker band of paint above the spiral. Pink-orange fabric. Encrusted. LH IIA

Verification Level

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