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Amphora
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Two-handled amphora; thick walls, piriform body (diam. 9.4 cm), constricted to form base (diam. 5.1), deeply flared mouth, long handles along neck to body. Interior of body is marked by wheel-thrown ridges. Intact; extensive dirt accretions over pearly opalescence, whole vessel is flaking badly, dirt accretions on interior of mouth, vessel filled with dirt.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Dr. Harris Kennedy Milton MA (by 1932) gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum 1932.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy Class of 1894
Title: Amphora
Description:
Two-handled amphora; thick walls, piriform body (diam.
9.
4 cm), constricted to form base (diam.
5.
1), deeply flared mouth, long handles along neck to body.
Interior of body is marked by wheel-thrown ridges.
Intact; extensive dirt accretions over pearly opalescence, whole vessel is flaking badly, dirt accretions on interior of mouth, vessel filled with dirt.
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