VesselsAnatolian6th-5th millennium BCE

Bowl with Geometric Decoration

c. 5000-4000 BCE

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta with red and cream painted decoration

Culture

Anatolian

Period

Chalcolithic period

Century

6th-5th millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.7 x 76 cm (3 1/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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