It isĬovered, every inch of this, with decoration and that decoration is divided in two bands or registers. This vase so important, so extraordinary, is its decoration. Liquid was poured in the top as an offering for the deceased. And in fact theīottom of this vase is open and it's possible that Headstones to mark a gravesite but the Greeks used ceramic vessels. Normally when we think about ancient Greek vases, we think about containersįor wine or liquids but this ceramic pot hadĪ very different purpose. The shape of this vase makes it a crater and it was found at theĭipylon cemetery in Athens. 11, 40–43, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Metropolitan Museum of Art looking at a gigantic clay pot. 42, 412, 459, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 1, Nicosia: Kailas Printers and Lithographers Ltd. "The Greeks in Cyprus." The Greeks beyond the Aegean : from Marseilles to Bactria : papers presented at an international symposium held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, 12th October, 2002, Vassos Karageorghis, ed. 49–50, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. 43.4, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. Figürlich bemalte mykenische Keramik aus Tiryns, Tiryns : Forschungen und Berichte, Vol. 4g, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 437, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol.
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