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Terracotta Kernos (Vase for Multiple Offerings)
Terracotta Kernos Vase was utilized for a few different reasons. Either to contain foods or hold flowers. The Kernos was found together with the jar (2004.363.2) and the jug (2004.363.3) displayed nearby in this gallery, in 1829 in a tomb on Melos by Captain Copeland, a British naval officer. The overall dimensions for this piece are: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Other: 14in. (35.5cm). Used with Terracotta, and dates back to the Early Cycladic III–Middle Cycladic I around 2300- 2200 B.C.
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Terracotta Kernos (Vase for Multiple Offerings)
Terracotta Kernos Vase was utilized for a few different reasons. Either to contain foods or hold flowers. The Kernos was found together with the jar (2004.363.2) and the jug (2004.363.3) displayed nearby in this gallery, in 1829 in a tomb on Melos by Captain Copeland, a British naval officer. The overall dimensions for this piece are: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Other: 14in. (35.5cm). Used with Terracotta, and dates back to the Early Cycladic III–Middle Cycladic I around 2300- 2200 B.C.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256548?searchFiel...