Small limestone jar - image 1

Classical

Small limestone jar

High shoulder and two vertical handles. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Date

599 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5157

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From the necropolis of Golgoi

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. XCII.599, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1673, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 565, p. 399, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.