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Two-handled Globular-squat Alabastron (Squat Jar)
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Concave short neck and splaying rim. Rounded handles are verically placed on shoulder. Three running spirals between handles, above and below which are thick concentric circles around the vessel, with thinner ones on bottom. Sloppy ivy-like derivative filling on one side and under one handle. Dark brown on buff. Chipped lip, cracked and weathered.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Gift of Misses Bettina J. Kahnweiler
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
Title: Two-handled Globular-squat Alabastron (Squat Jar)
Description:
Concave short neck and splaying rim.
Rounded handles are verically placed on shoulder.
Three running spirals between handles, above and below which are thick concentric circles around the vessel, with thinner ones on bottom.
Sloppy ivy-like derivative filling on one side and under one handle.
Dark brown on buff.
Chipped lip, cracked and weathered.
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