
Geometric I
Terracotta amphora (jar)
The dark slip and the vertical grooves may reflect the influence of metal vases. H. 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1050 - 950 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 463, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.638, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 463
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