Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vase) - image 1

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Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vase)

There are small holes in the bull's head and the cups that allowed liquid to flow into the hollow, horizontal ring. H. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

Date

1099 - 900 BC

Accession No.

74.51.659

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 522, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Langdon, Susan. 1993. From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer no. 44, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 127, pp. 80-81, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Mertens, Joan R. 2010. How to Read Greek Vases. pp. 32, 34, fig. 18, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.