Cup
Kantharos
MS5852
From: Germany | Rhine Valley
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5852 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Germany | Rhine Valley |
Period | Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Terra Sigillata |
Description | Cup with two handles. Complete. Ring foot. Wall profile continuous from foot to tiny outturned rim. Vertical ring handles attached at mid-point of body and at rim. A thumb rest on each handle level with top of rim. On each side of each thumb rest is a plastic spiral. Very thin, hard red clay, very well made. Unglazed. |
Height | 5.8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
Other Number | 5634 - Old Museum Number |
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