Terracotta spouted jar with lid - image 1

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Terracotta spouted jar with lid

Two-handled vase with spout and cover, the knob in form of a miniature vase. The shape and decoration of this unusual vessel combine to give it a rather exotic appearance, which may be taken to reflect the eclecticism of Cypriot art. H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)

Date

310 - 30 BC

Accession No.

74.51.375a, b

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. CXXXV.992, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1727, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Vessberg, Olof and Alfred Wesholm. 1956. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. 4, Pt. 3. p. 58, fig. 21:25, Stockholm: Håkan Ohlssons Boktryckeri.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 453, p. 279, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2000. "The New Cypriot Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Minerva, 11(3): fig. 23.