Amphoriskos, Archaic I Cypriot miniature vessel — Amphoriskos, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 750–600 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.872.Open Access by the MET

Archaic I

Amphoriskos

Miniature krater with horizontal bands and concentric circles. H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsMiniature vessel
Decoration: Painted
Motifs: Bands and lines, Concentric circles
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
Date: 750 - 600 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.872

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 849, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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