FragmentsHellenistic3rd-2nd century BCE

Fragment of wall painting

3rd-2nd century BCE

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Fresco painting

Medium

Pigment on plaster

Culture

Hellenistic

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

3rd-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 6.9 x W. 7.8 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Brought from Priene. George H. Browne, loan; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, transfer; to Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 1977.

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