FragmentsMycenaean16th-13th century BCE

Body Sherd Of Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration

16th-13th century BCE

Description

Body sherd of closed vessel. Horizontal band of brown-red paint on cream, with brush-mark of red paint. Pink-buff fabric. Pitted and encrusted.

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. 2.8 W. 2.2 Th. 0.6

Provenance

Gift of Dr. A.S. Pease Collection. Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

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