Archaic II
Amphoriskos
Wide-mouthed amphora with broad bands on neck, trees on shoulder. H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 600 - 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. 781, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.720, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 781
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