Terracotta jug

Terracotta jug

Description:

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)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 480 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.561