Fragment | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.129
Title: Fragment
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: fragment
Date: n.d.
Culture: Unidentified culture
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/303825

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Copper alloy
Technique: Hammered
Dimensions: 3.4 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm (1 5/16 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
Technical Details: Technical Observations: The patina is green with areas of underlying red. Brown burial accretions are also present. The object is deeply mineralized but stable.

Henry Lie (submitted 2012)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art 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: 1920.44.129
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This is a piece of scrap metal, possibly cut into this shape purposefully. It is slightly curved. On the convex side, it is very smooth. On the concave side, it is rougher. This is probably the fragment of a copper alloy vessel. The date and culture cannot be established.

Subjects and Contexts

Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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1920.44.129: Fragment