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60-19-82

From: Greece | Attica | Vari

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 60-19-82
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Greece | Attica | Vari
Date Made 3rd century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Rim is merely the upper termination of the wall. Exterior fully black glazed. Decoration only on interior, in applied white. Below, part of a large, naturalistic motif; ear of wheat (?). Above, a band formed by two pairs of wheel-run, shallow grooves, the inner two filled with white. Within the band are numerous, short incised vertical strokes, irregularly placed. Substantial, hard clay.

Height 5.1 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Edith Hall Dohan, 1960

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