Rim Sherd Of Open Vessel (Cylindrical Cup Or Bowl) With Painted Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.1796.3
Title: Rim Sherd Of Open Vessel (Cylindrical Cup Or Bowl) With Painted Decoration
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Period: Minoan period, Late
Culture: Mycenaean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/327891

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: H. 3.3 W. 1.9 Th. 0.3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne, Esq. From the site of Knossos on Crete.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from George H. Browne
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.1796.3
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Rim sherd of open vessel (a cylindrical cup or bowl). Red on cream slip, burnished. Band of red paint at lip, with bivalve shell below with 2 tick marks on either side (as if in quotation marks) Inside red slip, fine pinkish fabric, wheelmade. Paint worn off at lip, some encrustation. Probably LHIIIA2 (c. 1375-1300).

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