Terracotta jug

Terracotta jug

Description:

Oval flask with tubular spout, string-holes, and bands of lattice triangles.


H. 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm)

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1800 - 1725 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 197, 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. 36, p. 33, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 264, pp. 227, 457-58, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1047