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Beaker with Geometric Textile Pattern

180 BCE–500 CE
Ceramic and pigment
22 × 11 cm (8.7 × 4.3 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This tall, wide-mouthed beaker is decorated with a variety of different geometric motifs, including stepped triangles, diagonal hatchering, triangles, and zig-zag patterns, arrayed in five tiers.

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