
Archaic I
Kernos
Annular body on which are nine miniature vases. 3 3/4in. (9.5cm) Other: 6 11/16in. (17cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 900, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.661, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 900
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