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)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motifs
- Bird, Triangles and lozenges
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 600 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.724, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 780
Photographs in the Archive
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3653. Public domain (CC0).
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