Archaic II
Amphora
Bands and a wavy line in black; red band about lip. 8 1/4in. (21cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motifs
- Bands and lines, Wavy lines
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 600 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 538, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.582, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 538
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