Chalk jug, Classical Cypriot — Chalk jug, Classical Cypriot, c. 499–300 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5156.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Chalk jug

Wide, flat base, thick handle, and narrow mouth. H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Shape: Jug
Material: StoneChalk
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 499 - 300 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.5156

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.597, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1672, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 566, p. 399, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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