Archive Item: A Cycladic Terracotta Kernos

Early Cycladic 111-Middle Cycladic 1,
circa 2300-1900 B.C.

Diameter 35.3cm. 14in.

Provenance

Found on Melos in 1829 by Captain Richard Copeland (1791-1850) and given to Eton College by his widow in 1857.

Published

R.C. Bosanquet, Notes from the Cyclades, BSA 3, 1896-7, pp. 52-70, no.VIII

SOLD TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK