
Archaic II
Handle of a jug
Other: 4 15/16in. (12.5cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Sherd
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 699 - 500 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4892, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 693, pp. 242-43, New York: Gilliss Press.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.5460, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 4892
- Richter 1915, no. 693
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