Nestor’s cup

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Figure 160: Mycenaean gold cup, the so-called Nestor's cup, decorated with birds on handles, from the royal graves at Mycenae, Greece, c. 1600-1500 BC. In the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. H

Nestor’s cup

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metalwork
Minoan and Mycenaean
…pieces, such as the so-called Nestor’s cup, have handles ending in animals, which bite the rim or peer into the cup. The embossed ornament consists of vertical and horizontal bands of rosettes and spiral coils and of floral, foliate, marine, and animal figures. The designs are beaten through the walls…
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…pieces, such as the so-called Nestor’s cup, have handles ending in animals, which bite the rim or peer into the cup. The embossed ornament consists of vertical and horizontal bands of rosettes and spiral coils and of floral, foliate, marine, and animal figures. The designs are beaten through the walls…
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