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MS5289

From: Greece | Argolid | Argos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5289
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mycenean
Provenience Greece | Argolid | Argos
Period Late Helladic III
Date Made 1400-1200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Flattened bottom, body lentoid in profile. Short neck. Lip bevelled in profile. Handles are each a coil of clay with ends glued to shoulder, each rising to a triangular peak. Surface unglazed, wedged out highly polished decoratedbelow with groups of concentric wheel glazed lines around lower wall, solid rock pattern in glaze. Outer edge of handle a glazed. A wheel glazed band between handles and neck. Neck solidly glazed. Lip reserved, with one wheel glazed line. Interior of neck glazed. Glaze fired red.

Height 6.2 cm
Outside Diameter 9.5 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the National Museum, Athens, 1914
Other Number 737 - Other Number

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