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Description Globular olla, expanded at the top and tapered towards the narrow base, with a flared neck from the everted edge. Two small buttonhole loops are applied symmetrically below the maximum diameter of the vessel. The inside of the hem is decorated with indentations, a black stripe and double circular “festoon” arches. The neck, on the other hand, has irregular black herringbone patches. The main decorative band consists of two large, symmetrical, screen-like circles at the top of the vessel above the handles, alternating with two broad geometric patterns. Each of these peculiar motifs is made up of a sort of vertical trunk, from which zigzag bands branch out symmetrically with vertices and ends sometimes equipped with four fringes.