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Kylix Fragment With Painted Decoration

Kylix Fragment With Painted Decoration

Mycenaean

Kylix fragment. Red paint on cream slip. Monochrome red interior. Enclosed triglyph consisting of 3 finely painted wavy lines enclosing vertically placed dots. Triglyph is between two bands of paint around the vessel. At the bottom, 2 thicker bands of paint enclose 3 thinner ones around the vessel. Lustrous, but chipped and 5 black dots on exterior. LMIIIB/LHIIIB

Terracotta

Minoan period, Late

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