Sherd
Kantharos
MS4793.20
From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4793.20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Vrokastro |
| Period | Middle Geometric Period | Late Geometric Period |
| Date Made | 800-750 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Fragment of lip and wall of large kantharos. Interior fully glazed. On exterior, on reserved ground, decoration in black glaze lines. To left, 3 vertical parallel lines. Then , band of vertical chevrons, and a second set of 3 vertical parallel lines. On lip a horizontal row of diamonds between wheel-glazed lines. On wall, to left, a panel with 2 birds facing right, one above the other. Then, alternately, sets of vertical parallel lines and vertical bands of chevrons. Brown clay. Splotches of ink on exterior surface. |
| Length | 9.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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