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Stirrup cups

Scope note

Drinking vessels without handles or feet and which rest on their rim when not in use. Often made in the form of an animal head; an adaptation of the Greek rhyton.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000197140

Broader Terms used

drinking vessels

Equivalent Terms used

stirrup cup

Created

13yrs ago

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