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Mycenaean Alabastron

 1800

LH II A/B 1450 – 1400 BC.

 

Orange-red clay with cream-colored engobe and painted in a glossy red-brown tone. Circular, biconvex body with a wide opening bordered by a narrow lip. Three small eyelet handles on the shoulder. Red-brown decoration of the “wavy terrain” type on the lower shoulder area. Concentric rings on the underside.

Cf: British Museum, inv. no. 1898.1231.25; Hans Günter Buchholz - Vassos Karageorghis, Altägäis und Altkypros, Tübingen 1971, no. 953.

 

 

Dimension: height: 6,2 cm, diameter: 13,3 cm

Condition: Intact and with fresh colors, some root marks on the bottom.

Provenance: German private collection, acquired 1981 in the Art Trade.

 

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