Scholar · Cataloguer · Collector
Howard Comfort
fl. 1939–2015 · United States
American scholar and cataloguer, active 1939–2015.
Life and work
- 1939Published in 1939 a Cypriot Matt Red Ware bowl in the Haverford Museum said to come from Soli ('Un bol rouge mat de Chypre').
- 1939Published 'Un bol rouge mat de Chypre' (Syria 1939) on a Cypriot red matt bowl used from c. 50 BC to early 4th century AD.
- 1939Published in 1939 a close parallel to the Sphagion two-handled bowl, reported to come from Soli, now in the Haverford Museum.
- 2015Named in Yale University acquisition records: is named as previous owner of 9 objects; is named as source of 9 objects (2015).
Yale University collections online, reg. 2015.99.5; 2015.99.3; 2015.99.1; 2015.99.13
- UndatedAuthor of a note in Syria's news section on a red matt bowl from Cyprus (Un bol rouge mat de Chypre, p. 92).
Mentioned in
1 mentionDocuments · 1
- Excavations at Sphagion in Cyprus
Hennessy 1954
Sources
- 1.Excavations at Sphagion in Cyprus (1954).
- 2.Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie (Paris), Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie : dépouillement de périodiques français et étrangers (1939).
- 3.Syria revue Dʼart oriental et Dʼarcheologie tome.20 (1939).
- 4.Papers of the British school at Rome vol.22 (1954).
- 5.Yale University collections online.
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