
Archaic II
Jug
Bull's head on front of shoulder. 4 3/16in. (10.6cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Motif
- Bull and cattle
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 600 - 400 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 949, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.557, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 949
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