
Geometric III
Terracotta jug
Swastikas and a horse at front. H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); diameter 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 850 - 750 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
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.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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.549, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 725
- Markoe 1985, no. 36
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