FragmentsMycenaean16th-13th century BCE

Body Sherd of Closed Vessel with Painted Decoration

16th-13th century BCE

Description

Thick, streaky reddish-brown bands of paind around vessel on cream slip. Pale pink-buff fabrric, chipped and scratched.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period, Late

Century

16th-13th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 2.2 W. 4.8 Th. 0.3-0.5

Provenance

Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

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