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Kernos (libation vase)
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic Period
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number35.735
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRing-shaped with bull's head and three small vases, part of fourth, and place for fifth on ring. Twisted basket handle with one of pair of doves on top. Conventional decoratin of herring-bone and floral patterns in dark brown on light pinkish brown clay. Nostrils of bull pierced, and a third hole below. Amphora, 2 skyphoi painted solid. Filled arcs connected by diagonals. Chevrons, triangles. Close Style, perhaps fr. Rhodes or Cyprus (EV).
ProvenancePurchased for $ 150.00