Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings), ca. 2300–2200

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Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings), Early Cycladic III–Middle Cycladic I, ca. 2300–2200 , Cycladic, Terracotta, Overall: 13 5/8 in. ( cm), Vases, Although the kernos was used in widely disparate regions during the prehistoric period, particularly impressive examples have come to light in the Cyclades, and this is one of the grandest preserved. The receptacles probably contained foodstuffs of various kinds or perhaps of flowers

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