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Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vessel)

ca. 1200–1050 BCE
Not on view
There was a long tradition of ring-kernoi with miniature vases in Bronze Age Cyprus. They were also popular in the Levant.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vessel)
  • Period: Late Cypriot IIIB
  • Date: ca. 1200–1050 BCE
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: H. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
  • Object Number: 74.51.810
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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