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Body Sherd of Jar with Kamares Decoration
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Body sherd, probably from a jar. A buff-fired slip has been applied with a dark glaze. The dark brown-black paint is used to form thick bands around the vessel, which then have a layer of white paint atop them. The dark paint is also used in to form //, vertical lines from the top band. MM IIA-B, Classical Kamares
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Transferred from the Department of the Classics Harvard University. From the site of Kato Zakro 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 Jar with Kamares Decoration
Description:
Body sherd, probably from a jar.
A buff-fired slip has been applied with a dark glaze.
The dark brown-black paint is used to form thick bands around the vessel, which then have a layer of white paint atop them.
The dark paint is also used in to form //, vertical lines from the top band.
MM IIA-B, Classical Kamares.
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