Coarse vase belonging to the type of chytra from Zagora, Andros. It is the most common cooking pot used for boiling water or making soup. Among the finest specimens of chytrae, the base and lower part are blackened by fire. 8th century BC. Archaeological Museum, Andros 1176. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund. Cambitoglou, A., Archaiologiko Mouseio Androu: Odigos, Athens 1991, p. 38, fig. 15. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture