Terracotta jug

Terracotta jug

Description:

Swastikas and a horse at front.


H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); diameter 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Period:

Geometric III

Date:

850 - 750 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.942, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 725, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Markoe, Glenn and Nancy J. Serwint. 1985. Animal Style on Greek and Etruscan Vases : An Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum. no. 36, p. 39, Burlington, Vermont: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont.

Accession Number:

74.51.549