Terracotta amphora (jar)

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Description:

The dark slip and the vertical grooves may reflect the influence of metal vases.


H. 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm)

Period:

Geometric I

Date:

1050 - 950 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.638