Body Sherd Of Deep Bowl With Painted Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1977.216.2148.4
Title: Body Sherd Of Deep Bowl With Painted Decoration
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: 14th-12th century BCE
Places: Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
Period: Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIB
Culture: Mycenaean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/328809

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: H. 3.2 W. 2.8 Th. 0.5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift of Dr. A.S. Pease Collection. Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Dr. A. S. Pease
Accession Year: 1977
Object Number: 1977.216.2148.4
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Body of deep bowl, near rim. Brown to red-brown paint on cream. A horizontal rim band around vessel, with a vertical zig-zag enclosed between two sets of parallel, vertical, thinly painted lines. Interior is monochrome red-brown. Interior paint is cracking. Pink-buff fabric.

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