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Body Sherd of Palace Style Jar
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Body sherd of Palace Style Jar (piriform jar). Black-brown paint on cream slip. Probably depicted a floral motif; only curvilinear bands of various thickness remain.
Pinkish fabric. Paint slightly cracking. LM IIIA2.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Transferred from the Department of the Classics Harvard University. Loaned by Dr. G. H. Chase. From the site of Knossos Crete.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Loan from Dr. George H. Chase
Title: Body Sherd of Palace Style Jar
Description:
Body sherd of Palace Style Jar (piriform jar).
Black-brown paint on cream slip.
Probably depicted a floral motif; only curvilinear bands of various thickness remain.
Pinkish fabric.
Paint slightly cracking.
LM IIIA2.
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