Red-brown on brown buff. 6 thin, // diagonal lines forming a "V". Rotary, but not wheel-made (?). Closed shape. Incompletely fired. Native Geometric Style, Matt Painted Ware (MCyc. I-II)
H. 5.2 W. 4.4 T. 0.8-0.5
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne, Esq. From the site Phylakopi on Melos.
Longquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware body with a lustrous, lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
Terracotta
3rd millennium BCEMinoanTerracotta
MycenaeanLight gray stoneware with inlaid slip and celadon glaze
KoreanCeramic
KoreanCeramic
KoreanCeramic
KoreanGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th-3rd century BCEGreek