
Geometric III
Amphora
Geometric ornament in panels on shoulder, lattice lonzenges on neck. 15 5/8in. (39.7cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Date
- 850 - 600 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 557, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.500, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 557
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