Kernos (ring-shaped vessel) with three attached jars, each depicting horsemen and a lyre-player
Kernos (ring-shaped vessel) with three attached jars, each depicting horsemen and a lyre-player

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Kernos (ring-shaped vessel) with three attached jars, each depicting horsemen and a lyre-player,

ca. 600–550 BCE

South Italian, Daunian
Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE
y1990-4

Information

Title
Kernos (ring-shaped vessel) with three attached jars, each depicting horsemen and a lyre-player
Dates

ca. 600–550 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 14.0 cm, diam. 15.1 cm (5 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
y1990-4
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Daunia, northern Apulia (southern Italy)

Culture
South Italian
Period
Archaic (Greek)
Type
kernoi, ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
musicians, horses, chevrons, sunbursts, swastikas, equestrians, running ornament, figures (representations), checker pattern, stripes, lyres, meanders (patterns), triangles, birds

Purchased from Robin Symes, London, in 1990

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