Fragments

Large pottery fragment

Description

Perhaps part of large burial pithos, from Gordion.

Classification

Fragments

Medium

Terracotta

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

23.5 x 4.6 x 1.5 cm (9 1/4 x 1 13/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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