Similar cups have been excavated from several Minoan palace sites. The paint is faded, but a mottled pattern can still be discerned.

 

Literature: J. Falconer and T. Mannack, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain, Fascicule 19: Winchester College (Oxford, 2002), p. 22, plate 16.10

Provenance: From Knossos (according to a label on the base)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 3