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LOT 1211

Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Kernos

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 1/8 in. (350 grams, 13 cm).

Three drum-shaped ceramic vessels each with a flared rim and flat underside, connected by spurs at the equator; painted linear motifs to the mouths, shoulders and sidewalls. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. similar if more elaborate item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.74.51.661.

Footnotes

In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the kernos (κέρνος or κέρχνος, plural kernoi) was a stone tray to which were attached several small vessels for holding offerings. Its unusual design is described in literary sources, which also list the ritual ingredients it might contain. The kernos was used primarily in the cults of Demeter and Kore, and of Cybele and Attis.

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LOT 1211

Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Kernos

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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