FragmentsMinoan

Body Sherd Of Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration

Description

Body sherd of closed vessel. 2 bands of brown-red matt paint on cream around vessel. Buff fabric. Paint cracking.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Handmade

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Minoan

Period

Minoan period

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 2.3 W. 1.4 Th. 0.5

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Gifted by Dr. A.S. Pease. From the site of Knossos, Crete.

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