Strainer, Archaic Cypriot — Strainer, Archaic Cypriot, c. 750–480 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.472.Open Access by the MET

Archaic

Strainer

With hole surrounded by a zigzag circle in relief. 7/8in. (2.2cm) Other: 2 7/8in. (7.3cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsStrainer
Decoration: Relief and applied
Motif: Zigzags and chevrons
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 750 - 480 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.472

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 578, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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