Tankard

Kyathos

30-41-4

From: Greece

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 30-41-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 799-700 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Flat bottom. Low, double convex body, tall neck. Strap handle attached just above mid-point of body, rising to arch above and down to dip. Strut between mid-neck and handle. Bottom unglazed. Lower half of body glazed; upper half reserved and decorated with running spiral. Line of dots at juncture of body and running spiral. Line of dots at juncture of body and neck. On neck, left to right from handle, a panel of quatrefoil; one of checkerboard, and one of quatrefoil.

Height 20.3 cm
Outside Diameter 11.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Georges Nicole, 1930

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