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Description

Amphora, made of cream, grainy clay, full of dark grits. Red-brown and black, thin, matt paint. Small conical foot at bottom and cylindrical between base and body, oval body with flat everted rim and flat vertical handles from rim to shoulder. Decoration consists of short strokes in groups on top surface of rim and handles. Edges of rim and handles outlined with a continuous line. Wavy line on neck. Band at junction of neck and body. Broad and narrow bands in black paint in central portion of body, surrounding one broad red-brown band. Black base.

History Of Use

For storing liquids.

Narrative

Collected by Mr. Cesnola. Part of a collection made in Cyprus in 1873 and presented to the Metropolitan Museum for the 1875 opening.

Item History

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