Geometric III
Jug
Decorated with horned animal. 7 3/8in. (18.8cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 850 - 750 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
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. CXXV.941, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 772, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.533, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 772
Photographs in the Archive
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- Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3647. Public domain (CC0).
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