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Ridged Cup
(Ancient Greece )
This simple black-glazed mug is decorated with raised bands along the exterior. The diameter of the cup tapers from the flat base toward the center before flaring out again slightly at the lip. The simple vertical ring handle is attached close to the lip.
The Greeks used a wide variety of cups and dishes, but the ancient names of the different shapes only survive for a few types. This type of cylindrical, flat bottomed, one handled vessel is called a mug after modern examples.
Provenance
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Michael Ward, Brooklyn Heights, NY, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1980, by purchase.
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 11/16 × W with handle: 3 13/16 × Diam of base: 3 1/8 × Diam of lip: 3 1/16 in. (6.8 × 9.7 × 8 × 7.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1980.
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2446