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Rim Of Alabastron With Painted Decoration
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Rim of alabastron. Brown-red paint on cream-buff. Lip painted dark brown. Row of 10 small dots around rim. Red-brown band at neck, with 4 loops below, motif not discernable. Interior of rim has a thick, quickly painted band of red paint. Buff fabric. Paint cracking, and flaked off. Probably LHIIA
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University. Loan from George H. Browne Esq.From the site of Phylakopi on Melos.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Loan from George H. Browne
Title: Rim Of Alabastron With Painted Decoration
Description:
Rim of alabastron.
Brown-red paint on cream-buff.
Lip painted dark brown.
Row of 10 small dots around rim.
Red-brown band at neck, with 4 loops below, motif not discernable.
Interior of rim has a thick, quickly painted band of red paint.
Buff fabric.
Paint cracking, and flaked off.
Probably LHIIA.
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