Classical

Terracotta ladle-saucer or shovel

Open, wheel-made. Rounded rim to deep, flaring body, pinched together on one side into a projection, to which is added a solid handle with uneven join. Raised base ring, and uneven, flat base. Broken and repaired, with two chips in rim and most of handle missing. Length: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm) Height: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Pottery vessel
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 399 - 300 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.1988

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. CXXXVIII.1004, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2524, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 21, p. 48, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Terracotta ladle-saucer or shovel

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