
Geometric III
Terracotta barrel-shaped jug
One handle, circles and geometric ornament at front. H. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- JugBarrel jug
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Concentric circles
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 850 - 750 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 813, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.895, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 813
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