Geometric I
Amphoriskos
Grooved body and horned handles, light clay under dark slip. H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 1050 - 950 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 487, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.640, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 487
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