Kernos (Cluster Vase); Three small pithoi (amphoroid jars), joined by tall “stick” handle, with handgrip resembling animal head at top and suspension hole lower down; three birds (one partly missing) stand on rims or pithoi near handle. Lug missing from one pithoi, tip of handle broken off, surface encrusted.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Verbatim coll. place:
Cyprus (Boisse Collection)
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC) and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection date:
March 6, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972)