Cup

31-12-8

From: Greece | Attica | Mt. Hymettos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 31-12-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Greece | Attica | Mt. Hymettos
Period Geometric Period
Date Made 799-700 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Part of bottom and of lower wall missing. Small, flat bottom. Wall of double curve, the greatest diameter at the level of the lower attachment of the handle. Low, offset lip. Vertical strap handle, the top level with the top of the lip. The underside, the handle and the outer side of the lip unglazed. All the rest glazed inside and out. The outer side of the handle has closely spaced horizontal lines. Two wheelpainted glazed lines around the outside of the lip. Hard, brownish clay. Streaky but good quality black glaze.

Height 7 cm
Outside Diameter 9.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931

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