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Body Sherd with Painted Decoration

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Irregular wavy line between thicker bands of brown-black paint on greenish-white slip. Thicker portion of wavy liner darker shade of brown. Interior with spots of brown-black slip. Pinkish-brown fabric with many white inclusions. Wheelmade. 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
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Title: Body Sherd with Painted Decoration
Description:
Irregular wavy line between thicker bands of brown-black paint on greenish-white slip.
Thicker portion of wavy liner darker shade of brown.
Interior with spots of brown-black slip.
Pinkish-brown fabric with many white inclusions.
Wheelmade.
Probably LHIIA from southern Laconia or Kythera.

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