Archaic II
Terracotta jug
On the shoulder, a female figure holding a miniature jug This piece is part of a large group that was undoubtedly made for a specific, possibly ritual, function. H. 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.561
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXXXIV.988, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 938, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.