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There are 2 objects for which Decoration contains → overpainting
2008.7.62 Interior: black wash. Exterior: thin parallel lines faintly visible at top and bottom of fragment. Between these, patches of overpainting in cream, black and brown remain.
2008.8.2 Exterior: Greyish-black overpainting depicting 2 standing birds with curved necks. The bird on the right has wings spread and short horizontal lines on the wing and tail suggesting feathers. There is a reddish stripe overpainted across the body and across the tail. The bird on the left is cut off half-way across the body, but the same red body stripe and feather markings are present. Above the birds is a semicircle of thin bulb-shaped parallel vertical lines and around the birds are several circles of varying sizes.
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