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NM Ant 2219 :: olpe

Object description: Round mouth with thickened, everted rim; concave neck; ovoid body; disc base with concave underside. Reddish yellow clay; black glaze, largely misfired to grey, brown and red. Parts of base and underside reserved.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 2219

Serie nummer

1325

Object

olpe

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Place - Findspot

Milos

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Probably purchased in Greece in 1881 through the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi.

Description

Round mouth with thickened, everted rim; concave neck; ovoid body; disc base with concave underside. Reddish yellow clay; black glaze, largely misfired to grey, brown and red. Parts of base and underside reserved.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest