FragmentsCycladic2nd-1st millennium BCE

Rim Of Short-collared Vessel With Native Geometric Style, Matt Painted Decoration

2nd-1st millennium BCE

Description

Rim of a short-collared vessel. Brown-on-buff, unslipped. 2 groups of // diagonal lines slant towards one another, with a coarsely added plastic. Coarse fabric with many white inclusions. Wheel-made. Native Geometric Style, Matt Painted Ware (MCyc. I-II)

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Cycladic

Period

Cycladic period

Century

2nd-1st millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 3.5 W. 5.8 T. 0.3

Provenance

Transfer from the Department of Classics, Harvard University, G.G. Van Rensselaer Fund. Originally loaned by Geo H. Browne, Esq. From the site of Phylakopi on Melos.