diff --git a/clickhouse/columns/array.cpp b/clickhouse/columns/array.cpp
index 0a7a543d..9ef160b5 100644
--- a/clickhouse/columns/array.cpp
+++ b/clickhouse/columns/array.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "array.h"
 #include "numeric.h"
+
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace clickhouse {
@@ -45,10 +46,9 @@ ColumnRef ColumnArray::Slice(size_t begin, size_t size) const {
     if (size && begin + size > Size())
         throw ValidationError("Slice indexes are out of bounds");
 
-    auto result = std::make_shared<ColumnArray>(data_->CloneEmpty());
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        result->AppendAsColumn(GetAsColumn(begin + i));
-    }
+    auto result = std::make_shared<ColumnArray>(data_->Slice(GetOffset(begin), GetOffset(begin + size) - GetOffset(begin)));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++)
+        result->AddOffset(GetSize(begin + i));
 
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/ut/column_array_ut.cpp b/ut/column_array_ut.cpp
index 6177f8aa..001cc62e 100644
--- a/ut/column_array_ut.cpp
+++ b/ut/column_array_ut.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ TEST(ColumnArray, Slice) {
 }
 
 TEST(ColumnArray, Slice_2D) {
+    // Verify that ColumnArray::Slice on 2D Array produces a 2D Array of proper type, size and contents.
+    // Also check that slices can be of any size.
     const std::vector<std::vector<std::vector<uint64_t>>> values = {
         {{1u, 2u}, {3u}},
         {{4u}, {5u, 6u, 7u}, {8u, 9u}, {}},
@@ -143,13 +145,20 @@ TEST(ColumnArray, Slice_2D) {
     };
 
     std::shared_ptr<ColumnArray> untyped_array = Create2DArray<ColumnUInt64>(values);
-
     for (size_t i = 0; i < values.size() - 1; ++i) {
-        auto slice = untyped_array->Slice(i, 1)->AsStrict<ColumnArray>();
-        EXPECT_EQ(1u, slice->Size());
-
-        for (size_t j = 0; j < values[i].size(); ++j) {
-            EXPECT_TRUE(CompareRecursive(values[i][j], *slice->GetAsColumnTyped<ColumnArray>(0)->GetAsColumnTyped<ColumnUInt64>(j)));
+        for (size_t slice_size = 0; slice_size < values.size() - i; ++slice_size) {
+            auto slice = untyped_array->Slice(i, slice_size)->AsStrict<ColumnArray>();
+            EXPECT_EQ(slice_size, slice->Size());
+
+            for (size_t slice_row = 0; slice_row < slice_size; ++slice_row) {
+                SCOPED_TRACE(::testing::Message() << "i: " << i << " slice_size:" << slice_size << " row:" << slice_row);
+                auto val = slice->GetAsColumnTyped<ColumnArray>(slice_row);
+                ASSERT_EQ(values[i + slice_row].size(), val->Size());
+
+                for (size_t j = 0; j < values[i + slice_row].size(); ++j) {
+                    ASSERT_TRUE(CompareRecursive(values[i + slice_row][j], *val->GetAsColumnTyped<ColumnUInt64>(j)));
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }