Beaker (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Cords were threaded through the lugs of this beaker to make it easier to carry. About three hundred examples of Cycladic beakers are known.
Early Cycladic I Period
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
“Silent Witnesses: Early Cycladic Art of the Third Milennium B.C.,” Onassis Cultural Center (New York, NY): 9 April-15 June 2002.
“Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World,” interactive multimedia program, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL): 1996.
“Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 10 November 1987-10 January 1988; The Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX): 5 March-15 May 1988; Legion of Honor, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Fransisco, CA): 25 June-25 September 1988.
“Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World,” interactive multimedia program, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL): 1996.
“Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA): 10 November 1987-10 January 1988; The Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX): 5 March-15 May 1988; Legion of Honor, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Fransisco, CA): 25 June-25 September 1988.
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