Archaic I

Terracotta jug

A bird is depicted with a fish that is probably to be understood as being held in its beak. The placement of the decoration on the vase, the combination of line and mass in articulating the forms, and the evocative use of arrowlike forms indicate a vase-painter of remarkable creativity. H. 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Shape: Jug
Style: probablyFree-Field Style
Decoration: Painted
Motifs: Bird, Fish
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic I
Date: 750 - 600 BC

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Accession No.

74.51.527

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

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. CXXVIII.960, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 757, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Markoe, Glenn and Nancy J. Serwint. 1985. Animal Style on Greek and Etruscan Vases : An Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum. no. 39, p.40, Burlington, Vermont: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 161, p. 101, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Photographs in the Archive

An older photograph of this object, matched by its numbers or by comparing the photographs. Each links to its record in the Archive.

Csn3668Pottery Bichrome IV jug (757)

Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3668. Public domain (CC0).

Terracotta jug

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