Cup

MS4480

From: Greece | Crete | Pseira

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4480
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Pseira
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Cup with ogival profile, with one coil handle. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in light red (2.5YR 6/6) to black paint and added white (no longer preserved) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior painted, handle painted. Foliate band (FM 64) on exterior, with one band above and three below. Added white paint: dots and band on upper black band; bands on lower bands. Lowest band continues on to edge of resting surface, with remainder unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. Several sherds missing. Added white paint visible only as discolorations.

Height 6.5 cm
Outside Diameter 10 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908

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