Clay dinos

From Cyprus. 750-600 BC.
(ΕΑΜ/ΝΑΜ Α 12356α)

Although open vessel shapes like dinos or lebes, were used for cooking or for the mixing of wine, their elegant shape and their elaborate, colorful decoration indicate that high aesthetics were not restricted to luxurious ritual vessels, but they were an integral part of everyday life as well.