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Body Sherd of Closed Vessel with Painted Decoration by — VisualArtsDB

Body Sherd of Closed Vessel with Painted Decoration

Body Sherd of Closed Vessel with Painted Decoration

Medium: Wheel-made
Dimensions: H. 4.4 W. 3.3 Th. 0.8
Genre: Fragment
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Mycenaean

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Sherd of a jar or jug. Dark brown-red on brown-grey slip. Large spiral with 9 thin coils. Reddish fabric with grey-buff core and large inclusions. Deep scratches.