Archaic II
Amphora
Bands, wavy lines and concentric circles. 13 1/16in. (33.2cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 650 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 607, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.560, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 607
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