Terracotta jug - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Terracotta jug

Base Ring Ware vessel walls are thin and hard, exhibiting a metallic quality. The term "Base-Ring" refers to the ring base characteristic of many of the jugs and bowls in this ware. H. 17 in. (43.2 cm)

Date

1600 - 1450 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1084

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 338, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 54, p. 40, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2000. "The New Cypriot Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Minerva, 11(3): pp. 18-19, fig. 3.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 268, pp. 231, 459, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.