VesselsCypriot

Two Handled Cup

Description

Gray clay with black and red decoration. Exterior decorated with concentric circles near lip and a scored line that separates the body into vertical panels with alternating stripes and blank spaces decorated with Xs, circles and dots. Handles and foot painted black. Bands on foot. Bottom reads "Cyprus 1874"

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Cypriot

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.4 x 13.4 cm (4 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).