Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration

FragmentsMycenaean15th-14th century BCE

Alabastron Body Fragment with Painted Decoration

15th-14th century BCE

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.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA

Century

15th-14th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 2.8 W.2.8 Th. 0.3

Provenance

Bequest of David M. Robinson. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

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