Amphora - image 1

Archaic II

Amphora

Wide-mouthed amphora with red lozenges on shoulder and birds on neck. 8 7/16in. (21.4cm) Other (rim): 3 9/16in. (9cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.724

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. CXXI.924, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 780, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.