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While this class of bowl typically bears bird motifs on the outside, this example, dating to the mid-sixth century BCE, features the stylistic representation of plants and geometric motifs instead. The inside simply features simple banding.
Currently housed in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
PhD student with interest in the art, architecture, and religion of ancient Greece and the Near East.
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Murray, D. (2016, October 04). Boeotian Four-handled Bowl.
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