Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.252.17
Title: Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: sherd
Date: 15th-14th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
Period: Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA
Culture: Mycenaean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291304

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: H. 2.8 W.2.8 Th. 0.3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bequest of David M. Robinson. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year: 1960
Object Number: 1960.252.17
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Brown on buff. Three bands around vessel on upper shoulder, with a row of small dots below, along with 3 small spirals from the same stem, perhaps part of an argonaut motif. Buff fabric with voids. Lustrous, burnishing evident, though paint is slightly faded.

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