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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