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Amphora with Impressed Geometric Decoration
7th century BCE (Orientalizing)
impasto, hand made; impressed
This two-handled amphora is decorated on the neck with horizontal hand-drawn concentric lines; on the body, the lines are vertical. The decoration on the body is interrupted by a group of impressed dots and a series of arcs. The body has a sharp carination, tapering down to a small ring foot.
Provenance
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Anonymous collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Narce]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.
Measurements
Overall: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1852