
Geometric III
Terracotta kylix (cup)
Kylix of angular form, on each side a bird between vertical bands. H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); diameter 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motifs
- Bird, Bands and lines
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 850 - 750 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 678, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.514, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 678
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