Vases High-rimmed bowl
High-rimmed bowl

High-rimmed bowl

about 735–720 B.C.
The high-rimmed bowl has two horizontal handles attached at the widest point of the shallow cup. There is a diamond-shaped design at the handle-zone and a double row of zigzags at lip. Brown on reddish buff. Wide bands of brown on inside. Broken and mended. Bowls like this one are often found in Athenian Geometric tombs as gifts for the dead.
Period
Late Geometric Period
Date
about 735–720 B.C.
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 18.29 cm D: 76.45 cm
Medium
Ceramic
Findspot
Greece, Attica, Athens
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number
1978.637
Image Source
boston_mfa
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)