FragmentsMinoan18th-17th century BCE

Kamares Ware Body Sherd of Jar

18th-17th century BCE

Description

White paint on dark red-brown. 2 curving horizontal bands of faded white paint. Interior unslipped. Paint and slipped chipped off. Egg-shell thin.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Culture

Minoan

Period

Minoan period, Middle Minoan III

Century

18th-17th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 4 W. 4.6 Th. 0.2

Provenance

Bequest of David M. Robinson.

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