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Depressed-ovoid Conical Ewer
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Ribbed handle, plastic band around throat to mimic riveting. 3 large papyrus-argonauts on shoulder. Below handle there are 2 // vertical wavy lines. There are 2 thick bands around the base of the vessel. There is a band around throat, and 3 thick bands around neck and under the spout. Handle and lip are also painted red. Spout slightly pinched. Orange-buff slip with red paint, paint well preserved on shoulder, though below belly vessel is weathered, chipped, slight encrustation.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Reportedly from Salamis Cyprus. Formerly in the collection of David Moore Robinson.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Depressed-ovoid Conical Ewer
Description:
Ribbed handle, plastic band around throat to mimic riveting.
3 large papyrus-argonauts on shoulder.
Below handle there are 2 // vertical wavy lines.
There are 2 thick bands around the base of the vessel.
There is a band around throat, and 3 thick bands around neck and under the spout.
Handle and lip are also painted red.
Spout slightly pinched.
Orange-buff slip with red paint, paint well preserved on shoulder, though below belly vessel is weathered, chipped, slight encrustation.
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