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Amphora Decorated in the "West Slope" Style

Amphora · 3rd-2nd century BCE

Amphora with rope handles decorated with incised and barbotine (applied clay) decoration and white paint. Patterns include "necklaces," hatching and checkerboard, and an ivy wreath.

Shape

Amphora

Period

Hellenistic period

Date

3rd-2nd century BCE

Culture

Greek

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1895.198

Image Source

harvard

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)