Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with whorl shells

Mycenaean

ca. 1300–1190 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

The use of vertical whorl-shells is characteristic of decoration of the Late Helladic IIIB period.

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Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) with whorl shells
Period: Late Helladic IIIB
Date: ca. 1300–1190 BCE
Culture: Mycenaean
Medium: Terracotta; Fine painted ware
Dimensions: H. 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm.)
Diameter 6 9/16 in. (16.6 cm.)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of the Greek Government, 1927
Object Number: 27.120.7
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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