Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vessel)
There was a long tradition of ring-kernoi with miniature vases in Bronze Age Cyprus. They were also popular in the Levant.
Artwork Details
- 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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