Jug, Archaic II Cypriot — Jug, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–480 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.741.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Jug

Horizontal bands and tree on shoulder. 7 1/4in. (18.4cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Jug
Decoration: Painted
Motifs: Bands and lines, Tree and sacred tree
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date: 600 - 480 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 787, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.741, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 787

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