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Greek Mycenaean, Greece

Stemmed Drinking Cup (Kylix), ca. 1300 BCE

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Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Greek

Title

Stemmed Drinking Cup (Kylix)

Year

ca. 1300 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • clay

Techniques

  • terracotta

Dimensions

Height: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 inches)

Place

Greece

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

31.001

Projects & Publications

Publications

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Improved methods of ceramic firing on the Greek mainland facilitated the production of long-stemmed drinking cups (kylikes) such as this one. After the14th century BCE, this shape became the standard form of drinking cup throughout most of the Mycenaean world. Decorative elements during this period were often mere approx imations of the objects they were intended to represent. On this vessel, the tall pointed form suggests a mollusk shell, while the curled lines evoke the waves of the sea. Marine motifs are common in Mycenaean art, a tribute to the sea as an invaluable source of food, trade, and economic prosperity in the ancient world.

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