Chalk jug

Chalk jug

Description:

Wide, flat base, thick handle, and narrow mouth.


H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 300 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.5156