Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/15

Large pottery sherd attached to a wooden plinth. Piece is roughly rectangular in shape, the proper right side containing a large point at centre edge that flares slightly away from the left side of the piece. Decoration is painted on the exterior, with concentric circles at top proper left and smaller circles bordered by a thick line at right. All edges of the object are broken.


  • Type of Item sherd
  • Culture Cypriot
  • Material clay, paint, wood, metal, copper metal
  • Measurements height 12.8 cm, width 10.7 cm, depth 10.6 cm (overall) height 10.9 cm, width 7.3 cm, depth 4.2 cm (shard)

  • Previous Owner J.C. Gordon Brown, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
  • Received from Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

  • Made in Cyprus

  • Ownership Date before 2009, before September 22, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on September 22, 2014

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3076/0015