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Shoulder Sherd with Painted Decoration
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Shoulder sherd, lustrous, with horizontal bands of brown to red-brown paint on a yellowish-white slip. Fine, pinkish fabric. Interior slipped, open shape, wheel-made. Large chip on exterior, and some encrustation. Probably LHIIA from southern Laconia or Kythera.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne Esq. From the site 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: Shoulder Sherd with Painted Decoration
Description:
Shoulder sherd, lustrous, with horizontal bands of brown to red-brown paint on a yellowish-white slip.
Fine, pinkish fabric.
Interior slipped, open shape, wheel-made.
Large chip on exterior, and some encrustation.
Probably LHIIA from southern Laconia or Kythera.
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