Vase
400 BC
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Buff earthenware vase, with decoration incised in a turquoise blue glaze, and filled with bright blue glaze. Egg shaped with small mouth. Decorated in horizontal bands successively (from the top), an avola border pattern, a wavy line, a band of trefoils, a wavy stem with berries, and a border of spear-head-shaped leaves.
Object details
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| Brief description | Buff earthenware vase covered in a turquoise and blue glaze, Egyptian, about 400 BC. |
| Physical description | Buff earthenware vase, with decoration incised in a turquoise blue glaze, and filled with bright blue glaze. Egg shaped with small mouth. Decorated in horizontal bands successively (from the top), an avola border pattern, a wavy line, a band of trefoils, a wavy stem with berries, and a border of spear-head-shaped leaves. |
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| Accession number | C.332-1928 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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