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3-Handled Piriform Amphora
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3-handled advanced piriform amphora on narrow foot (torus-disc). Tall neck with splaying collar. Handles are painted brown on exterior. Collar and foot painted. Body decorated with groups of broad and narrow bands, primarily above the belly. 2 diagonal whorl shells between each handle, with U-shaped and triangular fill ornaments
Cream clay. Reddish brown to dark brown lustrous paint. Broken and mended with various nicks and abrasions. One shell very faded.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Transfered from the Department of Classics Harvard University G.G. Van Rensselaer Fund. Purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; orginally part of Cesnola Collection. Reportedly from Cyprus.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University G. G. Van Rensselaer Fund. Purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; originally part of Cesnola Collection.
Title: 3-Handled Piriform Amphora
Description:
3-handled advanced piriform amphora on narrow foot (torus-disc).
Tall neck with splaying collar.
Handles are painted brown on exterior.
Collar and foot painted.
Body decorated with groups of broad and narrow bands, primarily above the belly.
2 diagonal whorl shells between each handle, with U-shaped and triangular fill ornaments
Cream clay.
Reddish brown to dark brown lustrous paint.
Broken and mended with various nicks and abrasions.
One shell very faded.
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