Geometric II

Amphora

Black and red bands, panel ornament and lattice triangles. 16 1/16in. (40.8cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: JarAmphora
Decoration: Painted
Motifs: Bands and lines, Metopes and panels, Triangles and lozenges, Lattice and checkerboard
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-Geometric II
Date: 950 - 850 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

Collection

Provenance

References

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 510, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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