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Body Sherd Of Large Closed Vessel (Piriform Jar) With Painted Decoration
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Body sherd from large, closed vessel, probably a piriform jar. Streaky orange-red to brown paint cream slip. 3 stems of thinly-painted linked spirals, with a band below. Lustrous, though some chips and scratches. Fine, red-orange fabric with some inclusions, wheel-made. Imported Mycenaean. LHIIIA1 (c. 1400-1375 BCE).
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Transferred from the Department of the Classics Harvard University. Loaned 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: Body Sherd Of Large Closed Vessel (Piriform Jar) With Painted Decoration
Description:
Body sherd from large, closed vessel, probably a piriform jar.
Streaky orange-red to brown paint cream slip.
3 stems of thinly-painted linked spirals, with a band below.
Lustrous, though some chips and scratches.
Fine, red-orange fabric with some inclusions, wheel-made.
Imported Mycenaean.
LHIIIA1 (c.
1400-1375 BCE).
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