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Bucchero Fluted Amphoriskos

Pottery amphoriskos in Bucchero/Black Slip ware; wheel-made; globular-ovoid body on a low conical foot (concave underneath); wide neck tapering inwards towards an angular rim; opposing vertical handles with projection 'horns' or knobs; reddish clay with small white inclusions, fired black: body decorated with irregular vertical flutings, slight ridge at the junction of neck and body; body slightly dented, possibly during firing; one of the handles is cracked. Dimensions: Diameter: 5.50 centimetres; Height: 16.90 centimetres Object Type: amphoriskos Ware: Cypriot Bucchero Ware (?); Black Slip Ware (?) Techniques: wheel-made; incised