Terracotta stemmed calyx
This useful shape was popular from the last quarter of the sixth century B.C. into the third quarter of the fifth. It may have contained foods such as nuts, olives, and other small fruits.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1941
Early 5th century B.C.
Terracotta; black-glaze
6.1 x 6.1cm
41.162.246
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