Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/16

Large pottery sherd attached to a wooden plinth. Sherd appears to have been from the shoulder of a vessel. Bottom portion is slightly curved, painted with 4 designs of concentric circles. The neck of the pot flares outward and is painted with a row of three concentric circles bordered by a thick line. On the back of the piece at top are three thin black lines. All edges of the object are broken.


  • Type of Item sherd
  • Culture Cypriot
  • Material clay, paint, wood, adhesive
  • Measurements height 11.8 cm, width 21.8 cm, depth 7.5 cm (overall) height 8.2 cm, width 17.5 cm, depth 5.0 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 3076/0016