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Cup

Cup

Unknown

The term Mycenaean refers both to the city of Mycenae on the Greek Peloponnesus and generally to the period called Late Helladic, from about 1550–1100 B.C. This cup, with its simple decoration of connected reverse spirals, is shaped like a modern coffee or teacup.
Artist
Unknown (Greek)
Title
Cup
Date
15th-12th century B.C.E.
Medium
Earthenware with slip decoration
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Herbert M. Howe
Accession No.
1979.1136
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

Summer 1936, sold by dealer K. Adams (Athens, Greece) to Herbert M. Howe Sr. (Madison, WI); 1979, gifted by Herbert M. Howe Sr. (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 27 December 2022]

  • "SchoolsMusuemsART (SMART) Project." Madison, WI: Madison Metropolitan School District, 2002.
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 25, no. 1
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. "The Classical World: Aegean Art." Art History Image Search, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Online. Mar 7, 2003. <http://facstaff.uww.edu/henigec/imagesearch/index.htm>;

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