Terracotta one-handled cup
Unknown
ca. 2200–1900 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
On the body, festoons, dots, and horizontal bands White-on-dark ware was the principle fine ware of the Early Minoan III period in eastern Crete. It marks the beginning of a long Middle Bronze Age tradition of white-painted and polychrome pottery on Crete.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 2200–1900 BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Minoan
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, by exchange, 1914
