Archaic II
Amphora
Wide-mouthed amphora with frieze of fish on shoulder. 8 1/16in. (20.5cm) Other (rim): 3 1/8in. (8cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Fish
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 600 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.524
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 778, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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